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Table 2 Summary of the MMX capability for Mars observations

From: The Mars system revealed by the Martian Moons eXploration mission

Instrument

Spatial resolutiona

Temporal resolution

Mass resolution

Targets

MIRS

 ~ 2.5 km

1 h

 

Dust, H2O, CO, Water ice clouds, CO2 ice clouds, surface pressure, O2 dayglow

TENGOO

 ~ 35 m

1 min

 

Dust events, water ice clouds

OROCHI

 ~ 2.5 km

15 min

 

Dust events, water ice clouds

MSA

 

 > 4 s

M/ΔM ~ 100

ion outflows including C+, N+, O+, and Ar+

  1. aSpatial resolution at the sub-spacecraft point when observing from QSO