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Brunel University London

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Article title

Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS)—Instrument design and technical details

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.011

Title of journal

Planetary and Space Science

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

735

ISSN of journal

00320633

Year of publication

2009

URL

http://pdn.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MiamiImageURL&_cid=271836&_user=545641&_pii=S0032063309000373&_check=y&_origin=article&_zone=toolbar&_coverDate=2009--30&view=c&originContentFamily=serial&wchp=dGLbVlk-zSkWb&md5=a831b2623d3000b690488472ba5d1263&pid=

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Additional information

The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) instrument was successfully launched onboard the first Indian space mission to the Moon in November 2008 and returned valuable data about the composition of the lunar surface. Comprised of 24 innovative swept-charge device (SCD) silicon X-ray detectors manufactured in the UK by e2v technologies, C1XS was designed to operate in the extreme thermal and radiation environment encountered during a journey to the Moon and operation in lunar orbit. The international collaboration formed for the project has continued, a second generation of SCD subsequently being developed for an instrument on the planned 2015 Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

None

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract