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Degradation assessment of LYRA after 5 years on orbit - Technology Demonstration -

Gissot, S.; Schühle, U.; Saito, T. +10 more

We present a long-term assessment of the radiometric calibration and degradation of the Large Yield Radiometer (LYRA), which has been on orbit since 2009. LYRA is an ultraviolet (UV) solar radiometer and is the first space experiment using aboard a pioneering diamond detector technology. We show that LYRA has degraded after the commissioning phase…