The pre-flight calibration setup of the instrument SIMBIO-SYS onboard the mission BepiColombo
| Autor: | Antoine Arondel, Y. Longval, M. Dami, Francois Poulet, P. Pradel, Yves Langevin, K. Dassas, P. Lami, P. Eng, J. Rodriguez-Ferreira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Spacecraft business.industry Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astronomy and Astrophysics law.invention Orbiter Space and Planetary Science law Observatory Thermal vacuum chamber Physics::Space Physics Calibration Environmental science Vacuum chamber Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics business Space environment Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Planetary and Space Science. 117:82-95 |
| ISSN: | 0032-0633 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pss.2015.05.013 |
| Popis: | BepiColombo, an European Space Agency (ESA) mission being conducted in cooperation with the Japan space agency, will explore Mercury with a set of eleven instruments onboard the spacecraft Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO). Among them, SIMBIO-SYS (Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory SYStem) is a complex instrument that will provide images and spectra in the 400–2000 nm wavelength range of the entire surface of Mercury. Pre-flight calibration of the SYMBIO-SYS instrument is mandatory for reliable scientific interpretation of images and spectra returned from the planet Mercury. This paper presents the calibration device designed and implemented for the specific requirements of this instrument. It mainly consists of a thermal vacuum chamber simulating the space environment, an optical bench collecting calibration sources and optical elements that simulate the conditions of Mercury observations, mechanical interfaces used for positioning the three channels inside the vacuum chamber, thermal interfaces to explore the operating temperatures, computer interfaces that allow to communicate with both the instrument and the calibration elements and synchronize the calibrations sequences with the status of the calibration device. As the major goal is the characterization of the radiometric performances of the three channels of SIMBIO-SYS, radiometric performances of the test setup evaluated by simulations and measurements are emphasized. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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