Micro-Ares, An electric field sensor for ExoMars 2016

Grégoire Déprez (1) , Franck Montmessin (1) , Olivier Witasse (2) , Laurent Lapauw (3) , Francis Vivat (3) , Sadok Abbaki (3) , Philippe Granier (3) , David Moirin (3) , Roland Trautner (2) , Rafik Hassen-Khodja (3) , Eric d'Almeida (3) , Laurent Chardenal (3) , Jean-Jacques Berthelier (1) , F. Esposito (4) , S. Debei (5) , S. Rafkin (6) , E. Barth (6)

1 PLANETO - LATMOS
2 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
3 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales
4 OAC - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte
5 Unipd - Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua
6 Department of Space Studies [Boulder]

For the past few years, LATMOS has been involved in the development of Micro-ARES, an electric field sensor part of the science payload (DREAMS) of the ExoMars 2016 Schiaparelli entry, descent and landing demonstrator module (EDM). It is dedicated to the very first measurement and characterization of the Martian atmospheric electricity.

Domains: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]

Grégoire Déprez, Franck Montmessin, Olivier Witasse, Laurent Lapauw, Francis Vivat, et al.. Micro-Ares, An electric field sensor for ExoMars 2016. European Planetary Science Congress 2015, Sep 2015, Nantes, France. pp.EPSC2015-508. ⟨insu-01218682⟩