Exomars high gain TTC antenna overview

Author

Dubruel, D. ; Renaud, P.Y. ; Dreyer, C. ; Langevin, J.P. ; Tralman, T. ; Durocher-de-Grandpre, J.F. ; Larouche, S. ; Lanuti, Michael ; Noschese, Paolo ; Cova, M. ; Winton, A. ; Saenz, Elena ; de Maagt, Peter

Author_Institution

Thales Alenia Space France, Cannes, France

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

249

Lastpage

253

Abstract

This paper will present the status of the high gain antenna currently under development for the European Space Agency Exomars program. The ESA ExoMars program is the first mission in ESA´s Aurora Exploration Program and is one of the exploration missions to be undertaken in the near future. The first mission is scheduled to be launched in 2016 and will focus on exobiology studies as it will collect new information on Mars environment in preparation for future human exploration. The second mission will be launched in 2018. The 2016 mission will be launched by a Roscosmos supplied Proton-M/Breeze-M rocket. It will carry a 600 kg Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator module with sensors to characterize the entry, descent & landing, and the surface environment at the landing site. A Payload Science package consisting of 4 instruments, from Europe and Russia will be accommodated on the ExoMars Orbiter to support the search and localization of trace gasses including Methane sources on Mars.

Keywords

Mars; antennas; celestial mechanics; entry, descent and landing (spacecraft); rockets; sensors; space communication links; Aurora Exploration Program; ESA ExoMars program; Europe; European Space Agency Exomars program; ExoMars orbiter; Exomars high gain TTC antenna; Mars environment; Proton-M/Breeze-M rocket; Roscosmos launch; Russia; entry descent and landing demonstrator module; human exploration; mass 600 kg; methane source; payload science package; sensor; trace gas localization; Europe; Feeds; Mars; Orbits; Space vehicles; Mars; X-band; antenna; measurement; propagation; reflector; steerable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901736

Filename

6901736