Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment

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Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment is a scientific instrument on India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission designed to study the Moon’s surface temperature and thermal properties.

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Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar surface experiment ⓘ
scientific instrument ⓘ
abbreviation ChaSTE ⓘ
application constraining thermal environment for landers and rovers ⓘ
supporting future lunar surface operations ⓘ
understanding lunar regolith properties ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dataType temperature vs depth profile ⓘ
thermal conductivity estimates ⓘ
discipline lunar science ⓘ
planetary science ⓘ
thermal engineering ⓘ
fullName Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment ⓘ
hostMissionType lunar orbiter-lander-rover mission ⓘ
hostNation India ⓘ
launchDate 2019-07-22 ⓘ
launchSite Satish Dhawan Space Centre ⓘ
Sriharikota ⓘ
launchVehicle GSLV Mk III-M1 ⓘ
linked to: GSLV Mk III / LVM3
measurementType in-situ temperature measurement ⓘ
subsurface thermal profiling ⓘ
mission Chandrayaan-2 ⓘ
missionType lunar lander payload ⓘ
namedAfter Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
operator Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ
partOf Chandrayaan-2 ⓘ
platform Vikram lander payload ⓘ
primaryObjective characterize vertical temperature profile of lunar near-surface ⓘ
measure lunar surface temperature ⓘ
study thermophysical properties of lunar regolith ⓘ
program Indian lunar exploration programme ⓘ
scientificGoal improve models of lunar surface thermal environment ⓘ
support interpretation of remote sensing thermal data ⓘ
spaceAgency ISRO ⓘ
spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander ⓘ
linked to: lander Vikram
spacecraftComponent payload suite of Vikram lander ⓘ
status launched ⓘ
studies heat flow in lunar near-surface ⓘ
lunar surface temperature ⓘ
thermal conductivity of lunar regolith ⓘ
thermal gradient in lunar soil ⓘ
targetBody Moon ⓘ
targetRegion lunar south polar region ⓘ
uses subsurface probe ⓘ
temperature sensors ⓘ

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Chandrayaan-2 → instrumentsOnLander → Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment ⓘ
Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment → fullName → Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment ⓘ
ChaSTE → fullName → Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment ⓘ