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LCATS-1 | Lunar Simulant Atlas

LCATS-1

Lunar mareUnited StatesAvailability: commercialFidelity: Not extracted yetProducer: WEX Foundation

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Identity and intended use

LCATS-1

Series: LCATS-1
Developer / producer: WEX Foundation
UT San Antonio
Southwest Research Institute
Material origin: Basalt from Knippa, Texas, USA

Simulation aims

Geotechnical basaltic lunar regolith simulant
Little to no additives to original basalt
Name stands for Lunar Caves Analog Test Sites, but the table notes no clear scientific indication that it specifically represents lunar cave regolith

Intended use cases

geotechnical

Material and program tags

commercial
basaltic

Catalog names and variants

1 name in this catalog group

Name	Terrain family
LCATS-1Current	Lunar mare

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