ExoMars Magnetometry Support for PDR Phase

ExoMars 磁力测量支持 PDR 相位

• 批准号: ST/G003122/1
• 负责人: Steven Schwartz
• 金额: $ 3.69万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2008 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FG003122%2F1
• 关键词: ExoMars; Magnetometry; Support; PDR; Phase

The European Space Agency's ExoMars mission will land on the surface of Mars. In addition to various instruments and a rover vehicle targeting the possibility of life and the surface geology, a suite of instruments located on the lander will conduct investigations into the physics of the environment, including both atmospheric and sub-surface measurements. Included in this package is the first ever magnetic field experiment to be placed on the surface in order to investigate the interaction of the Sun's supersonic wind with the planetary atmosphere, and to utilise magnetic sounding techniques to investigate the sub-surface layers including any permafrost. Imperial College will calibrate this magnetometer in its state-of-the-art SRIF-funded calibration facility, play a leading role in the onboard software for the magnetometer, and play an active role in the preparation for and exploitation of the data. The UK team includes members from Leicester University and from the GEOSPACE consortium of institutions (University of Edinburgh, lead, together with the British Geological Survey, Leeds Univeristy, Liverpool University) in support of the magnetometer to be constructed by the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen.The present proposal will support the instrument team's preparation for the Preliminary Design Review to be conducted toward the end of 2008 through provision of a Software Requirements Document, verification of the procedures and capability of the calibration facility to handle the magnetometer consistent with Planetary Protection requirements. Additionally, a small amount of support is required to prepare the UK team for the next phases of the mission.

欧洲航天局的 ExoMars 任务将登陆火星表面。除了针对生命可能性和地表地质的各种仪器和漫游车之外，着陆器上的一套仪器还将对环境物理进行调查，包括大气和地下测量。该软件包中包含有史以来第一个在地表进行的磁场实验，以研究太阳超音速风与行星大气层的相互作用，并利用磁探测技术来研究包括任何永久冻土在内的地下层。帝国理工学院将在其由 SRIF 资助的最先进的校准设施中校准该磁力计，在磁力计的机载软件中发挥主导作用，并在数据的准备和利用方面发挥积极作用。英国团队包括来自莱斯特大学和 GEOSPACE 机构联盟（爱丁堡大学牵头，以及英国地质调查局、利兹大学、利物浦大学）的成员，以支持丹麦国家航天中心将在哥本哈根。本提案将通过提供软件需求文档、验证程序和能力，支持仪器团队为 2008 年底进行的初步设计审查做准备校准设施来处理符合行星保护要求的磁力计。此外，还需要少量支持来帮助英国团队为任务的下一阶段做好准备。