April 20, 2017
Instruments
The scientific instruments making up the payload amount to about 50 kg. They are described in the following tables:
ON-SITE ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTS
Instruments | PI | Scientific objectives | Mass |
Gas Analytic Package (GAP): - Thermal-Differential Analyzer - Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer - Gas-Chromatograph - Mass-Spectrometer | M.V. Gerasimov (IKI) | - soil mineral composition - light volatile molecules and noble gas detection - organic molecule detection - isotopic composition of analysed molecules | 8.7 kg |
Manipulator Instruments Set: - APX spectrometer - Mössbauer spectrometer - Micro-TV | V. Linkin (IKI) | - elementary and mineralogical soil composition | 1.3 kg |
Gamma Spectrometer | GEOKHI | - elementary soil composition | 5.5 kg |
Neutron Spectrometer | I.G. Mitrofanov | - soil hydrogen content analysis | 4.0 kg |
IR Spectrometer | G. Bellucci (IFSI) L. Ksanfomality (IKI) | - regolith mineralogy | 4.0 kg |
Laser TOF Mass Spectrometer | G.G Managadze (IKI) | - soil elementary composition | 1.5 kg |
Secondary Ions Mass Spectrometer | G.G Managadze (IKI) | - soil elementary composition | 1.5 kg |
Thermal Sensor | GEOKHI | - regolith thermal characteristics | 0.3 kg |
Long-wave penetrating Radar | N.A. Armand (IRE) | - Phobos electric characteristics and internal structure | 3.5 kg |
Seismometer | IKI, GEOKHI, IFZ | - Phobos gravimetry and internal structure | 0.5 kg |
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
Instruments | PI | Scientific objectives | Mass |
Navigation TV system | G. Avanesov (IKI) | - surface mapping, landing support | 3.0 kg |
Panoramic TV camera | A. Lipatov (IKI) | - Phobos panoramic imaging, sample selection imaging | 0.5 kg |
Visible Optical Spectrometer | O. Korablev (IKI) | - Phobos soil mineralogy study | 2.5 kg |
Infrared Optical Spectrometer | O. Korablev (IKI) | - Phobos soil mineralogy study |
MARTIAN ENVIrONMENT AND CELESTIAL MECHANICS STUDY INSTRUMENTS
Instruments | PI | Scientific objectives | Mass |
Dust counter | GEOKHI, IKI | - micrometeorites | 3.0 kg |
Dust counter bis | IKI, Germany (or Italy) | - dust measurement on Phobos’s orbit | 2.5 kg |
Solar occultation spectrometer (TIMM-2) | O. Korablev (IKI) | - trace gas measurements in Martian atmosphere | 3.5 kg |
Plasma Science Package: - Planetary Ion Spectrometer - Electron spectrometer - Magnetometer | A.A. Skalsky (IKI) | - solar wind interaction with Phobos and Mars | 3.0 kg |
Solar sensor | V.M. Linkin (IKI) | - Phobos libration study | 0.5 kg |
Ultra Stable Oscillator | V.M. Linkin (IKI) | - celestial mechanic experiment | 0.1 kg |
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