The landing and in-situ observation of (162173) Ryugu by the MASCOT lander
- Paper number
IAC-19,A3,4A,6,x50871
- Author
Dr. Tra Mi Ho, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Institute of Space Systems
- Coauthor
Prof. Ralf Jaumann, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
- Coauthor
Prof. Jean-Pierre Bibring, France, IAS
- Coauthor
Prof. Karl Heinz GLASSMEIER, Germany, University of Braunschweig
- Coauthor
Dr. Matthias Grott, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
- Coauthor
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Auster, Germany, Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Coauthor
Dr. Jens Biele, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
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Mrs. Barbara Cozzoni, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
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Mr. Clement Dudal, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
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Mrs. Cinzia Fantinati, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
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Mr. Jan Thimo Grundmann, Germany, DLR (German Aerospace Center)
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Dr. David Hercik, Germany, TU Braunschweig
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Mr. Kagan Kayal, Germany, DLR (German Aerospace Center)
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Dr. Jörg Knollenberg, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin
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Mr. Christian Krause, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
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Mr. Oliver Küchemann, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
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Mrs. Caroline Lange, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
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Mr. Michael Lange, Germany, DLR (German Aerospace Center)
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Mrs. Laurence Lorda, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
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Mr. Michael Maibaum, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
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Dr. Yuya Mimasu, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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Mrs. Celine Cenac-Morthe, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
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Dr. Aurélie Moussi, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
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Dr. Tatsuaki Okada, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Coauthor
Dr. Cedric Pilorget, France, IAS
- Coauthor
Dr. Josef Reill, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
- Coauthor
Dr. Takanao Saiki, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Coauthor
Mr. Kaname Sasaki, Germany, DLR (German Aerospace Center)
- Coauthor
Ms. Nicole Schmitz, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
- Coauthor
Mr. Norbert Toth, Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Yuichi Tsuda, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Coauthor
Dr. Stephan Ulamec, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
- Coauthor
Mrs. Friederike Wolff, Germany, DLR (German Aerospace Center)
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Dr. Tetsuo Yoshimitsu, Japan, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Mr. Federico Cordero, Germany, VEGA Space GmbH
- Year
2019
- Abstract
On Oct 3rd, 2018, the MASCOT lander has been deployed successfully by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft from an altitude of 51m onto C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu. After a free-fall of approx. 6 minutes MASCOT has experienced its first contact with the asteroid. The lander underwent a bouncing phase of ~ 30 minutes before it finally came to rest at its first settlement point where it entered into its on-surface operational mode. The lander was able to perform science measurements with its payload suite at 3 locations on Ruygu. After 17 hrs of operation, the MASCOT mission terminated with the last communication contact. The lander was jointly developed by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). The four payloads are provided by DLR Berlin (MasCAM wide-angle camera with colour illumination and MARA thermal IR radiometer), IAS Paris (MicrOmega hyperspectral IR soil microscope) and TU Braunschweig (MasMAG magnetometer). The paper will outline the path of the lander on the asteroid and present a summary of the scientific observations. These first results are related to the progress of the Hayabusa2 mission and its MINERVA-II rovers on the background of a recap of the landing site selection process.
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