A Rover for the MMX Mission to Phobos

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IAC-19,A3,4B,8,x50168

Author

Dr. Stephan Ulamec, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

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Dr. Patrick Michel, France, CNRS

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Dr. Matthias Grott, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

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Dr. Ute Böttger, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin

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Prof. Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin

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Dr. Özgür Karatekin, Belgium, Royal Observatory of Belgium

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Dr. Jörg Knollenberg, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin

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Dr. Konrad Willner, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Institute for Planetary Research

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Dr. Markus Grebenstein, Germany, DLR (German Aerospace Center)

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Mr. Stephane Mary, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mrs. Pascale Chazalnoël, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Dr. Jens Biele, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

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Mr. Christian Krause, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

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Dr. Tra Mi Ho, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Institute of Space Systems

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Mrs. Caroline Lange, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

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Mr. Jan Thimo Grundmann, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

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Mr. Kaname Sasaki, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bremen, Germany

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Mr. Michael Maibaum, 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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Dr. Josef Reill, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)

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Mr. Stefan Barthelmes, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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Mr. Maxim Chalon, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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Mr. Roy Lichtenheldt, Germany, DLR (German Aerospace Center)

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Mr. Rainer Krenn, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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Dr. Michal Smisek, Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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Mr. Jean Bertrand, 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. Simon Tardivel, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Denis Arrat, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Frans IJpelaan, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mrs. Laurence Mélac, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mrs. Laurence Lorda, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Emile Remetean, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Michael Lange, Germany, DLR (German Aerospace Center)

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Mr. Olaf Mierheim, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

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Dr. Tomohiro Usui, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), ISAS

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Dr. Moe Matsuoka, Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), ISAS

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Prof. Tomoki Nakamura, Japan, Tohoku University

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Dr. Koji Wada, Japan, Chiba Institute of Technology

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Dr. Hirdy Miyamoto, Japan, University of Tokyo

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Prof. Kiyoshi Kuramoto, Japan

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Mrs. Julia LeMaitre, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mrs. Elise Aitier, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Guillaume Mas, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Michel Delpech, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mrs. Loisel Celine, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Arthur Rafflegeau, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mrs. Honorine Boirard, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mrs. Roseline Schmisser, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Cédric Virmontois, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mrs. Celine Cenac-Morthe, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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Mr. Dominique Besson, France, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Year

2019

Abstract

The Mars Moon Explorer (MMX) is a mission by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, to the Martian Moon Phobos.  It will primarily investigate the origin of this moon by bringing samples back to Earth and deliver a small (about 25 kg) Rover to the surface.

The Rover is a contribution by the Centre National d’Etudes Spaciales (CNES) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).  Its currently considered scientific payload consists of a thermal mapper (miniRAD), a Raman spectrometer (RaX) as well as a gravimeter (GRASS).  The cameras (a stereo pair looking in front as well as two cameras investigating the wheel-soil interaction) will serve for both, technological and scientific needs.

The MMX rover will be delivered from an altitude of  $<$100 m and start uprighting and deploying wheels and a solar generator after having come to rest on the surface.  It is planned to operate for three months on Phobos and provide unprecedented science while moving for several tens to hundreds of meters.

MMX will be launched in September 2024 and injected into Mars orbit in 2025, the Rover delivery and operations are foreseen for 2026.

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