CHandra's Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 onboard Chandrayaan-2 to study the lunar neutral exosphere

CHACE-2 Chandrayaan-2 exosphere mass spectrometer
["Das, Tirtha Pratim","Thampi, Smitha, V","Dhanya, M. B","Naik, Neha","Sreelatha, P","Pradeepkumar, P","Padmanabhan, G. Padma","Sundar, B","Vajja, Dinakar Prasad","Nandi, Amarnath","Thampi, R. Satheesh","Yadav, Vipin K","Abhishek, J. K","Nazeer, Md","Lali, P. T","John, Rosmy","Aliyas, A., V","Sen, Vijay Kumar","Ramprabhu, M","Krishna, A. Ajay"] 2020-01-25 期刊论文
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The CHandra's Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) experiment aboard Chandrayaan-2 orbiter will study in situ, the composition of the lunar neutral exosphere in the mass range 1-300 amu with mass resolution of 0.5 amu. It will address the spatial and temporal variations of the lunar exosphere, and examine water vapour as well as heavier species in it. In this article, results of the major characterization and calibration experiments of CHACE-2 are presented, with an outline of the qualification tests for both the payload and ground segment.
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