Aladdin Instruments at Mars

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Jan 2002

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Workshop on Spectroscopy of the Martian Surface: What Next?

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Mars Surface, Planetary Geology, Remote Sensing, Mars Environment, Mineralogy, Spacecraft Instruments, Minerals, Spectrographs, Absorption, Algorithms, Spectral Reflectance

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The primary goal of the Aladdin Discovery mission is to obtain samples from both satellites of Mars and to characterize the geology of these two small bodies in detail. Aladdin carries a suite of remote sensing instruments designed to map the surface composition of the satellites and to place the samples in geologic context. While Aladdin is in the Mars environment, there is also ample opportunity to acquire valuable spectroscopic data for Mars. Aladdin carries substantial memory (32 Gb) which allows storage of large amounts of Mars remote sensing data. The mission sequence allows transmission of this data to be spread over the active period at Mars plus the return journey to Earth. A near-lossless hyperspectral compression algorithm will allow acquisition and downlink of at least 52 Gb (uncompressed) of hyperspectral imaging data. The prime mission activities occur in 2005; an overall mission summary can be found in Pieters et al. (1999, LPSC 30).

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