AbstractARCHIMEDES is a small interplanetary space mission with the goal to deploy a balloon within the atmosphere of planet Mars. It is a super pressure balloon equipped with a high-resolution planetary camera provided by DLR Berlin, a magnetometer provided by TU Braunschweig and a meteorology package provided by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. These sensors are suspended beneath a 14-m diameter balloon in a small gondola of 4kg. The aerobot itself has a mass of 16kg and floats at approximately 2km altitude.Eventually, the aerial platform itself becomes a scientific experiment owing to the fact that it represents a test particle that can be traced to investigate atmospheric movements on a planetary scale.The aerobot is suggested to AMSAT for transportation out to Mars on board their P5-A Mars mission, slated to launch in 2007 or 2009. Once in orbit around the planet, the ARCHIMEDES spacecraft would be released and autonomously de-orbit itself.AMSAT P5-A would also provide for a data communication link with planet earth, and track the aerobot by means of radio ranging.


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    Title :

    ARCHIMEDES (aerial robot carrying high-resolution imaging, a magnetometric experiment and direct environmental sensing instruments)


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    Published in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 59 , 8-11 ; 717-725


    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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