Preparation of enabling space technologies and building blocks: Lunar XRF spectrometer
Programme Reference
GT17-137TIab
Status
Closed
Country
Belgium
Start Date
2020
End Date
2023
Programme: GSTP Prime Contractor: UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE
Subcontractors:
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT TE LEUVEN • Belgium
Magics Instruments • Belgium
Mirion Technologies (Canberra Olen) NV • Belgium
The Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy • Belgium
Objectives
The targeted product is a miniature X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer that is able to identify and quantify any atoms heavier than Ne.The aim of this project is to improve TRL from 4 to 6~7 for a Belgian X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometer instrument for the Moon
Description
• Build and test an engineering model of innovative X-Ray Fluorescence spectrometer for the Moon• Demonstrated instrument performance over temperature range during thermal-vac campaign• Reduction of measurement fluctuation from 25.2% to 3.7 %• Improvement of accuracy thanks to peak selection algorithm• World record in term of energy resolution with this type of EDXRF instrument• Free space weather measurement thanks to Time Domain MCA
• Application domain: Generic Technologies
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Technology Domain:
16 - Optics
17 - Optoelectronics
26 - Others
16 - Optics
17 - Optoelectronics
26 - Others
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Competence Domain:
1-EEE Components, Photonics, MEMS
1-EEE Components, Photonics, MEMS
• Initial TRL: TRL 4
• Target TRL: TRL 9
• Achieved TRL: TRL 7
•HarmoRoadMap: N/A
•IPC Document: -
•Public Document:
