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

fYear

2014

fDate

16-18 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar, and Wireless Communication (MIKON), 2014 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gdansk

Print_ISBN

978-617-607-553-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2014.6899905

Filename

6899905