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: TERMOSCAN

MAPPING RADIOMETER

IR-RADIOMETRY AND PHOTOMETRY



Main scientific objectives:

  • thermal inertia of the Martian soil;
  • diurnal and seasonal dynamics of the temperature regime;
  • searching for anomalous heat sources;
  • thermal studies of the atmosphere.

    Main characteristics:
    Spectral range [m] 0.5 - 1.0
    8.0 - 13
    Instantaneous field of view 1'
    Scanning angle [deg] 6
    Scan rate 1 line/s
    Surface spatial resolution 0.1 - 1 km/pixel
    Temperature sensitivity 0.5 K at T = 240 K
    mass [kg]28





    Cooperation: Russia.

    Contact persons: A. Selivanov (PI), arnold@mx.iki.rssi.ru



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