MARS-96      ROBOTIC SPACECRAFT MISSION TO MARS. Brief description
Table of contents
Inroduction
Scientific goals
Scheme of the mission
Spacecraft
Orbiter
Payload of the Orbiter
Scientific goals of
the experiments
Description of
the instruments
Small Stations
Penetrators
Conclusion
Experiment: ARGUS
INSTRUMENTS TO STUDY THE MARTIAN SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERE

STEREO SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM


MULTIBAND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING


Main objectives:

  • study of the Martian surface and atmosphere;
  • cartographic support of the experiments and next missions.

    ARGUS system consists of three main scientific instruments;

  • HRSC, multifunctional high-resolution stereoscopic TV-camera for 0.4-1.0 m range;
  • WAOSS , a wide-angle stereoscopic TV-camera for 0.4-0.7 m range;
  • OMEGA, a mapping spectrometer for 0.35-5.2 m range.
  • All these instruments are arrange on a three-axis platform intended for pointing and stabilizing optical instruments . The ARGUS independence is provided by its own multiprocessor control system and navigation TV camera (NC), its data acquisition system built around a 1,5 Gbit mass memory, its own thermal control system and in-flight calibration system.






    Cooperation: Russia, Germany, France.

    Contact persons: G.Avanesov, ykrasnop@vmcom.lz.space.ru



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