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The DREAMS experiment on the ExoMars 2016 mission for the study of Martian environment during the dust storm season
Document Type
Conference
Source
2014 IEEE Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace) Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2014 IEEE. :167-173 May, 2014
Subject
Aerospace
Mars
Temperature sensors
Atmospheric measurements
Temperature measurement
Extraterrestrial measurements
autonomous instrument
meteorological measurements
atmospheric electric phenomena
Mars dust storm
ExoMars
Language
Abstract
The ExoMars programme, which is carried out by European Space Agency (ESA) in cooperation with the Russian federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), foresees a two-steps mission to Mars. The first mission consists of an orbiter and an Entry Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) to be launched in January 2016 and is scheduled to land on the planet during the statistical dust storm season; the second mission includes a descent module, a surface platform and a rover and will be launched in 2018. The DREAMS (Dust characterization, Risk assessment and Environment Analyser on the Martian Surface) experiment for ExoMars 2016 is an autonomous meteorological station designed to study the effect of dust on Martian environment which will operate for two Martian days (sols) relying on its own power supply after landing. DREAMS includes a suite of sensors able to analyse temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction and solar irradiance as well as an electric field probe which will perform the first electrical characterization of Mars surface atmosphere.