Within the next three years, at least 15 deep space cubesat 'prototypes' will have been launched, testing the viability of cubesat paradigm in deep space. Three of the EM1-deployed cubesat missions, the first de facto deep space cubesat 'cluster', will be science requirements driven lunar orbiters with remote sensing instruments for lunar surface/subsurface volatile characterization. These include: Lunar Ice Cube (1-4 micron broadband IR spectrometer and microcryocooler, volatile distribution as a function of time of day), Lunar Flashlight, (active source laser and NIR detector, polar surface ice), and LunaH-Map (neutron spectrometer, polar ice to 1 meter).
Cubesats in Cislunar Space
2018-08-04
Preprint
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English
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