In-orbit Performance of Chang'e-4 Low Frequency Radio Spectrometer
Abstract
The farside of the moon provides a unique radio-quite region for radio astronomy observations. It is shielded from terrestrial radio frequency interference and has a very thin ionosphere. On 3 January 2019, Chinese Chang'e-4 (CE-4) lander touched down on the floor of Von Kármán crater, becoming the first spacecraft to land on the farside of the moon. A Low Frequency Radio Spectrometer (LFRS) is equipped on board the lander. It aims to observe the radio emission of solar and is regarded as a pathfinder mission for future space-based low frequency radio interferometer. A brief background noise mitigation method is introduced here.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019EPSC...13..529S