The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission
China's Mars probe, named Tianwen-1, including an orbiter and a landing rover, will be launched during the July-August 2020 Mars launch windows. Selected to be among the rover payloads is a Subsurface Penetrating Radar module (RoSPR). The main scientific objective of the RoSPR is to characteriz...
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| author | Bin Zhou ShaoXiang Shen Wei Lu YuXi Li Qing Liu ChuanJun Tang ShiDong Li GuangYou Fang |
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| description | China's Mars probe, named Tianwen-1, including an orbiter and a landing rover, will be launched during the July-August 2020 Mars launch windows. Selected to be among the rover payloads is a Subsurface Penetrating Radar module (RoSPR). The main scientific objective of the RoSPR is to characterize the thickness and sub-layer distribution of the Martian soil. The RoSPR consists of two channels. The low frequency channel of the RoSPR will penetrate the Martian soil to depths of 10 to 100 m with a resolution of a few meters. The higher frequency channel will penetrate to a depth of 3 to 10 m with a resolution of a few centimeters. This paper describes the design of the instrument and some results of field experiments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c88d4f36d6be4200bacb504d40effb912022-12-22T00:43:23ZengScience PressEarth and Planetary Physics2096-39552020-07-014434535410.26464/epp2020054zhoubin-FThe Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 missionBin Zhou0ShaoXiang Shen1Wei Lu2YuXi Li3Qing Liu4ChuanJun Tang5ShiDong Li6GuangYou Fang7Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaAerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaChina's Mars probe, named Tianwen-1, including an orbiter and a landing rover, will be launched during the July-August 2020 Mars launch windows. Selected to be among the rover payloads is a Subsurface Penetrating Radar module (RoSPR). The main scientific objective of the RoSPR is to characterize the thickness and sub-layer distribution of the Martian soil. The RoSPR consists of two channels. The low frequency channel of the RoSPR will penetrate the Martian soil to depths of 10 to 100 m with a resolution of a few meters. The higher frequency channel will penetrate to a depth of 3 to 10 m with a resolution of a few centimeters. This paper describes the design of the instrument and some results of field experiments.http://www.eppcgs.org/article/doi/10.26464/epp2020054?pageType=ensprmarsroverlfmsubsurfacechina's mars 2020 |
| spellingShingle | Bin Zhou ShaoXiang Shen Wei Lu YuXi Li Qing Liu ChuanJun Tang ShiDong Li GuangYou Fang The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission Earth and Planetary Physics spr mars rover lfm subsurface china's mars 2020 |
| title | The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission |
| title_full | The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission |
| title_fullStr | The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission |
| title_short | The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission |
| title_sort | mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard china s mars 2020 mission |
| topic | spr mars rover lfm subsurface china's mars 2020 |
| url | http://www.eppcgs.org/article/doi/10.26464/epp2020054?pageType=en |
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