Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Jan 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002iaf..confe.713m&link_type=abstract
IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA.,
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
SMART-1, the first European mission to the Moon, hosts 10 Technology and science experiments run by 7 on-board instruments. The primary objective of the mission is the demonstration of the solar electric propulsion. Therefore the monitoring of the spacecraft plasma environment and the contamination produced by the Stationary Plasma thruster is a key-task, which will be carried out by two experiments (SPEDE - Spacecraft Potential, Electron and Dust Experiment - and EPDP - Electric propulsion diagnostic Package). SPEDE and EPDP will contribute also to the characterisation of the near-Earth and interplanetary plasma environment and to study the solar wind. A package of three spectroscopy and imaging instruments has been selected to run technology demonstration of miniaturised compact instrument for planetary remote sensing and for carrying out valuable science at the Moon. AMIE (Asteroid-Moon micro-Imager Experiment) is a miniature medium-resolution (30 m at 300 km height) camera, equipped with a fixed panchromatic and 3-colour filter, for Moon topography and imaging support to other experiments. D-CIXS (Demonstration of a Compact Imaging X-ray Spectrometer) is based on novel detector and filter/collimator technologies, and will perform the first global mapping of the lunar elemental composition, by looking at X-ray fluorescence in the 0.5-10 keV range. It is supported in its operation by XSM (X-ray Solar Monitor) that also monitors long-term coronal X-ray emission and solar flares. SIR is a miniature near-infrared spectrometer operating in the 0.9-2.6 μm wavelength range and will carry out mineralogical survey of the lunar crust in a previously uncovered bandwidth. Technology experiments for deep space communications are: The SMART-1 Instruments have been integrated in the Spacecraft in the current year and have undergone functional verification following environmental tests. The Experiments will be performed during two distinct phases of the SMART-1 mission, including: - the 17-month Earth escape phase when the spacecraft will spiral out our planet to perform a weak - a nominal 6-month operational phase in elliptical Moon orbit with peri-centre around the south The planning and co-ordination of the Technology and science experiments operations is carried out at ESA/ESTEC, where an agile service has been set up to connect and co-ordinate remotely the technology and science experimenters and to provide the experiment master plan to the Mission Operations Centre located at ESOC. The SMART-1 STOC (Science and Technology Operations Co- ordination) facility works in close synergy with the science operations teams of other ESA Planetary missions (Rosetta, Mars Express and Bepi-Colombo), making use of Internet communication and flexible scheduling and simulations tools. The SMART-1 STOC supports also the mission data archiving and is designed to provide the engineering and scientist communities with mission data access based on the PDS (Planetary Data System) Standard.
Dias-Almeida M.
Foing Bernard H.
Lumb R.
Marini Andrea
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