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SERENA: Particle Instrument Suite for Determining the Sun-Mercury Interaction from BepiColombo
- Source :
- Space Science Reviews, Space Science Reviews, 2021, 217 (1), pp.11. ⟨10.1007/s11214-020-00787-3⟩, Space Science Reviews, Springer Verlag, 2021, 217 (1), pp.11. ⟨10.1007/s11214-020-00787-3⟩, Orsini, S.; Livi, S. A.; Lichtenegger, H.; Barabash, S.; Milillo, A.; De Angelis, E.; Phillips, M.; Laky, G.; Wieser, M.; Olivieri, A.; Plainaki, C.; Ho, G.; Killen, R. M.; Slavin, J. A.; Wurz, Peter; Berthelier, J.-J.; Dandouras, I.; Kallio, E.; McKenna-Lawlor, S.; Szalai, S.; ... (2021). SERENA: Particle Instrument Suite for Determining the Sun-Mercury Interaction from BepiColombo. Space science reviews, 217(1) Springer 10.1007/s11214-020-00787-3
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2021.
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Abstract
- The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury will provide simultaneous measurements from two spacecraft, offering an unprecedented opportunity to investigate magnetospheric and exospheric particle dynamics at Mercury as well as their interactions with solar wind, solar radiation, and interplanetary dust. The particle instrument suite SERENA (Search for Exospheric Refilling and Emitted Natural Abundances) is flying in space on-board the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and is the only instrument for ion and neutral particle detection aboard the MPO. It comprises four independent sensors: ELENA for neutral particle flow detection, Strofio for neutral gas detection, PICAM for planetary ions observations, and MIPA, mostly for solar wind ion measurements. SERENA is managed by a System Control Unit located inside the ELENA box. In the present paper the scientific goals of this suite are described, and then the four units are detailed, as well as their major features and calibration results. Finally, the SERENA operational activities are shown during the orbital path around Mercury, with also some reference to the activities planned during the long cruise phase.
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- 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
chemistry.chemical_element
7. Clean energy
01 natural sciences
Article
Astrobiology
law.invention
Particle instrumentation
Mercury’s environment
Orbiter
Interplanetary dust cloud
law
0103 physical sciences
Calibration
BepiColombo space mission
Neutral particle
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Spacecraft
business.industry
520 Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics
620 Engineering
Mercury (element)
Solar wind
Planetary science
chemistry
Space and Planetary Science
[SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]
Physics::Space Physics
Environmental science
Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
business
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00386308 and 15729672
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Space Science Reviews, Space Science Reviews, 2021, 217 (1), pp.11. ⟨10.1007/s11214-020-00787-3⟩, Space Science Reviews, Springer Verlag, 2021, 217 (1), pp.11. ⟨10.1007/s11214-020-00787-3⟩, Orsini, S.; Livi, S. A.; Lichtenegger, H.; Barabash, S.; Milillo, A.; De Angelis, E.; Phillips, M.; Laky, G.; Wieser, M.; Olivieri, A.; Plainaki, C.; Ho, G.; Killen, R. M.; Slavin, J. A.; Wurz, Peter; Berthelier, J.-J.; Dandouras, I.; Kallio, E.; McKenna-Lawlor, S.; Szalai, S.; ... (2021). SERENA: Particle Instrument Suite for Determining the Sun-Mercury Interaction from BepiColombo. Space science reviews, 217(1) Springer 10.1007/s11214-020-00787-3 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00787-3>
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aa275ca0dab946d9dbdd797dfe6763fc