ARCSTONE: Lunar Calibration Instrument

A team of us at Resonon have partnered with NASA to design, build, and test ARCSTONE, an instrument which will calibrate the reflectance of the moon. We are currently preparing for a ground test, and hope to begin building a launch version in 2021. Eventually, ARCSTONE will enable the Moon to be used as an accurate calibration source for earth-viewing satellite instruments.

To learn more about the project (and to see an amazing video about moon phases, libration, and position angle), see here.

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PUBLICATIONS

• "ARCSTONE: Calibration of Lunar Spectral Reflectance from Space". C. Lukashin, T. C. Stone, G. Kopp, T. Jackson, R. Swanson, C. Buleri, J. Beverly, M. Cooney, H. Courrier, W. Davis, M. Kehoe, T. Nguyen, G. Rutherford, N. Ryan, P. Smith, M. Stebbins, C. Young. Calcon Conference Presentation. 2019. LINK
• "Structural, Thermal, and Optical Performance (STOP) analysis of the NASA ARCSTONE instruments". Christine Buleri, Mike Kehoe, Constantine Lukashin, Trevor Jackson, Jeff Beckman, Adam Curtis, Britney Edwards, Trevor Owen, Adam Phenis, Mike Stebbins. Proc. SPIE 10925, Photonic Instrumentation Engineering VI. 2019. LINK

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