GEOFON First geophone and DAS test in the LUNA Moon analogue facility

First geophone and DAS test in the LUNA Moon analogue facility

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Microgravity User Support Center, German Aerospace Center, Cologne, Germany; Knapmeyer-Endrun, Brigitte; Garcia, Raphael F.; Jousset, Philippe; Hart, Johannes; Pinzon-Rincon, Laura; Rodríguez Tribaldos, Verónica; Krawczyk, Charlotte M. (2026): First geophone and DAS test in the LUNA Moon analogue facility. GFZ Data Services. Dataset/Seismic Network. https://doi.org/10.14470/e9rz3953.

Identifier

10.14470/e9rz3953

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC-BY-4.0

Creator(s)

Microgravity User Support Center, German Aerospace Center, Cologne, Germany ;

Knapmeyer-Endrun, Brigitte ^a;

Garcia, Raphael F. ^b;

Jousset, Philippe ^c;

Hart, Johannes ^c;

Pinzon-Rincon, Laura ^c;

Rodríguez Tribaldos, Verónica ^c;

Krawczyk, Charlotte M. ^c
^a Microgravity User Support Center, DLR Cologne, Germany
^b ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France
^c GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Description

(Abstract) The temporary 4W network represents an initial seismic data set collected as an exploratory study in the 700m² regolith yard of the LUNA Moon analog facility jointly operated by DLR and ESA in Cologne, Germany. The facility opened at the end of September 2024 and provides a simulation environment to test hardware, commanding, procedures and operations for future planetary, and especially lunar, missions, including astronaut training in a controlled, standardized environment. In that capacity, it includes a permanent seismic broad-band station (DL.LUNAF) as well as 500 m of fibre-optic cable, containing single-mode, multi-mode and an engineered fibre, deployed in a grid-like pattern on the concrete floor below the regolith simulant. The regolith layer is generally about 60 cm thick, but extends up to 3 m deep in the 130m² deep floor area of LUNA. DAS data from this cable, using a Constellation fibre and corresponding interrogator, were obtained during three days in November 2024, partly overlapping with a geophone qualification campaign using 9 vertical-component geophones and one broad-band seismometer (Trillium compact 120 s), and used to obtain geolocations for the fibre channels. In addition to providing the first seismic characterization of LUNA, with implications for future seismic campaigns and the use of the facility to help interpreting data collected on the Moon, the measurements provide the opportunity to compare DAS and conventional seismic data for a dense, small-scale urban deployment at an indoor location. Recordings include hammer shots, road and airborne traffic, crane motion within the hall, and small rovers and people moving. Waveform data are available from the GEOFON data centre, under network code 4W. Waveform data are available from the GEOFON data centre, under network code 4W.

Title

First geophone and DAS test in the LUNA Moon analogue facility

Publisher

GFZ Data Services

Publication year

2026

Resource type

Dataset / Seismic Network

Dates

Collected 2024-11-11/2024-11-14
Accepted 2026-04-13
Created 2026-09-30

Place(s)

Germany

Contributor(s)

Data collector: Microgravity User Support Center, German Aerospace Center
Hosting institution: GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung
Data manager: GEOFON Data Centre
Other contributors: Calosci, Lapo (ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France); Spichal, Carl (ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France)

Subjects

SeisData terms: DAS Displacement Geophysics Induced seismicity MiniSEED Passive seismic Permanent Seismometers Velocity
GCMD keywords: Earthquakes Seismological stations Geophysical stations/networks Seismometers
Other terms: Monitoring system; Seismological stations

Funding reference(s)

State Government of North Rhine Westphalia

Language

Sizes

6GB still growing

Reference(s)

(References) (No description available for https://s3.gfz.de/dog-ext.geofon.4w2024), https://s3.gfz.de/dog-ext.geofon.4w2024 S3 Information

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Network dates

2024

Data time range

2024–2024

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