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| Titel |
BepiColombo ISA accelerometer: ready for launch |
| VerfasserIn |
Francesco Santoli, Iafolla Valerio, Fiorenza Emiliano, Carlo Lefevre, David M. Lucchesi, Marco Lucente, Carmelo Magnafico, Nozzoli Sergio, Roberto Peron |
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EGU General Assembly 2016
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 18 (2016) |
| Datensatznummer |
250134739
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2016-15493.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| To be launched in 2017, ESA mission BepiColombo will perform a thorough study of the
planet Mercury and its environment. Among the wide range of its scientific objectives, an
important set is constituted by the so-called Radio Science Experiments (RSE), which will
study the gravitational field and rotation of the planet, and will perform very precise tests of
general relativity theory. The fulfilment of these scientific objectives will be made possible by
a precise orbit determination of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), at the same time
estimating a number of relevant parameters. In order to reach the required level of
accuracy in recovering these parameters, the data coming from the high-sensitivity ISA
(Italian Spring Accelerometer) instrument onboard the MPO probe will be used: the
first time for a deep-space probe. After a long path of design and development, the
instrument is now ready for integration into MPO. Following a brief description of
the RSE in the context of the mission, the instrument and its capabilities will be
reviewed. Emphasis will be given to the foreseen strategies for its operation in the
various phases of the mission, along with the manifold calibration possibilities. |
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