TY - GEN
T1 - Characterisation of swept-charge devices for the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) instrument
AU - Gow, J.
AU - Smith, D. R.
AU - Holland, A. D.
AU - Maddison, B.
AU - Howe, C.
AU - Sreekumar, P.
AU - Huovelin, J.
AU - Grande, M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 mission is India's first lunar spacecraft, containing a suite of instruments to carry out high-resolution remote sensing of the Moon at visible, near infrared and X-ray wavelengths. Due for launch in early 2008, the spacecraft will carry out its two year mission in a polar orbit around the Moon at an altitude of 100 km. One of the eleven instruments in the spacecraft payload is the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS), a descendant of the successful D-CIXS instrument that flew on the European Space Agency SMART-1 lunar mission launched in 2003. C1XS consists of 24 swept-charge device (SCD) silicon X-ray detectors arranged in 6 modules that will carry out high quality X-ray spectroscopic mapping of the Moon using the technique of X-ray fluorescence. This paper presents an overview of the Chandrayaan-1 mission and specifically the C1XS instrument and describes the development of an SCD test facility, proton irradiation characterisation and screening of candidate SCD devices for the mission.
AB - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-1 mission is India's first lunar spacecraft, containing a suite of instruments to carry out high-resolution remote sensing of the Moon at visible, near infrared and X-ray wavelengths. Due for launch in early 2008, the spacecraft will carry out its two year mission in a polar orbit around the Moon at an altitude of 100 km. One of the eleven instruments in the spacecraft payload is the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS), a descendant of the successful D-CIXS instrument that flew on the European Space Agency SMART-1 lunar mission launched in 2003. C1XS consists of 24 swept-charge device (SCD) silicon X-ray detectors arranged in 6 modules that will carry out high quality X-ray spectroscopic mapping of the Moon using the technique of X-ray fluorescence. This paper presents an overview of the Chandrayaan-1 mission and specifically the C1XS instrument and describes the development of an SCD test facility, proton irradiation characterisation and screening of candidate SCD devices for the mission.
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U2 - 10.1117/12.734062
DO - 10.1117/12.734062
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:42249092844
SN - 9780819468345
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV
T2 - UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV
Y2 - 26 August 2007 through 27 August 2007
ER -