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Lunar Water Mapper (LuWaM) is a low-cost CubeSat lunar orbiter for remote-sensing water ice deposits on the Moon, where the operating wavelength (I=6.12mm) is the H2O bending absorption line which is not shared by OH-bearing materials. The field illuminated by a compact mid-Infrared Quantum cascade laser (MI-QCL) will be imaged on a Mercury Cadmium Telluride (HgCdTe) photodiode array through a compact telescope. Our success will support the In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and future Artemis programs.
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