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Lunar penetrating radar onboard the Chang'e-3 mission

Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2014) 14(12) 1607-1622
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/14/12/009
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Lunar Penetrating Radar (LPR) is one of the important scientific instruments onboard the Chang'e-3 spacecraft. Its scientific goals are the mapping of lunar regolith and detection of subsurface geologic structures. This paper describes the goals of the mission, as well as the basic principles, design, composition and achievements of the LPR. Finally, experiments on a glacier and the lunar surface are analyzed.

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Fang, G. Y., Zhou, B., Ji, Y. C., Zhang, Q. Y., Shen, S. X., Li, Y. X., … Wang, S. Z. (2014). Lunar penetrating radar onboard the Chang’e-3 mission. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14(12), 1607–1622. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/14/12/009

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