Title :
Rosetta, a cornerstone mission of ESA: Objectives, instruments and the Polish contribution
Author :
Banaszkiewicz, M. ; Grygorczuk, J. ; Marczewski, W. ; Bialek, Adrien ; Wawrzaszek, R.
Author_Institution :
Space Res. Centre, Warsaw, Poland
Abstract :
The Rosetta mission of European Space Agency (ESA) will reach its main target, comet Tchurumov-Gerasimenko and start the scientific program in May 2014. In the paper, the main mission objectives as well as the instruments onboard the orbiter and the Philea lander are described. One of the lander instruments, MUPUS, was developed and manufactured with a significant contribution of the Polish team from SRC. Its technical features and research goals, concerning mostly investigations of mechanical and thermal properties of cometary nucleus are described.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; cometary nuclei; space vehicles; AD 2014 05; ESA; European Space Agency; MUPUS; Philea lander; Polish contribution; Rosetta mission; SRC; comet Tchurumov-Gerasimenko; cometary nucleus; Heating; Instruments; Space vehicles; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Thermal conductivity; Lander Philae; MUPUS instruments; Mission Rosetta; comets; penetrator; thermal experiment;
Conference_Titel :
Microwaves, Radar, and Wireless Communication (MIKON), 2014 20th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gdansk
Print_ISBN :
978-617-607-553-0
DOI :
10.1109/MIKON.2014.6899905
