Table 5 Instruments on MMX rover
From: Science operation plan of Phobos and Deimos from the MMX spacecraft
Instrument | Type | Measurement | Responsible institution |
|---|---|---|---|
NavCAM | Stereo navigation cameras | Local environment | CNES (with LAM) |
Multi-scale imaging | |||
Path selection for driving | |||
WheelCAM | Two cameras imaging interaction of wheels with soil | Soil characteristics, strength, cohesion, grain size (> 200 µm) | CNES (with ISAE-SUPAERO) |
RAX (Cho et al. 2021) | Raman spectrometer | Mineralogical composition, grain heterogeneity | DLR (with INTA/Univ. Valadolid, JAXA/Univ. Tokyo) |
MiniRAD | Radiometer | Thermal properties (temperatures, conductivity, capacity), porosity | DLR |