Radiometric performance results of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LRO/LAMP) UV imaging spectrograph

Michael W. Davis; David C. Slater; G. Randall Gladstone; S. Alan Stern; Thomas K. Greathouse; Kurt D. Retherford; Maarten H. Versteeg; Ronald K. Black

doi:10.1117/12.826068

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10 September 2009 Radiometric performance results of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LRO/LAMP) UV imaging spectrograph

Michael W. Davis, David C. Slater, G. Randall Gladstone, S. Alan Stern, Thomas K. Greathouse, Kurt D. Retherford, Maarten H. Versteeg, Ronald K. Black

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Proceedings Volume 7441, Instruments and Methods for Astrobiology and Planetary Missions XII; 744110 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826068
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We describe the pre-flight radiometric performance and calibration results of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LRO/LAMP) flight model. LAMP is a lightweight (6.1 kg), low-power (4.5 W), ultraviolet spectrograph based on the ALICE instruments now in flight aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft and NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. Its primary job will be to identify and localize exposed water frost in permanently shadowed regions (PSRs), and to characterize landforms and albedos in PSRs. Detailed radiometric performance results of the LAMP flight model are presented and discussed.

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Michael W. Davis, David C. Slater, G. Randall Gladstone, S. Alan Stern, Thomas K. Greathouse, Kurt D. Retherford, Maarten H. Versteeg, and Ronald K. Black "Radiometric performance results of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LRO/LAMP) UV imaging spectrograph", Proc. SPIE 7441, Instruments and Methods for Astrobiology and Planetary Missions XII, 744110 (10 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826068

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