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Research | Space Research | Planetary research - Mars - MVACS
MVACS
FMI participated in the NASA's Mars Surveyor 1998, which consisted an Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander. The main responsibility of the FMI-team was to provide hardware to the MET instrument. The Meteorology MET package consisted of a collection of meteorological sensors for the landing element, namely Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor (MVACS). MVACS was an integrated suite of instruments flying aboard NASA's Mars Polar Lander. FMI's Barocap®-system was selected as the pressure device of the MVACS/MET instrument.
The MET package for the Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor was supposed to provide comprehensive measurements of the Martian near-surface atmosphere, namely atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind, and humidity. It should have provided the first surface-based observations of weather in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and the first in the Polar Regions. Measurements of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity should have also been obtained during the descent phase of the mission.
FMI's involvement in MVACS
- MVACS Co-I-ship
- Responsibility of the scientific pressure measurements for MET/MVACS by providing the pressure device (MET-P).
- Responsibility of the housekeeping pressure measurements of the EGA instrument (EGA-P for EGA)
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