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On 26 February 2004, ESA issued the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) payload request for proposals. On 15 May 2004 the proposals were received and evaluated by the international Payload Review Committee (PRC), assisted by the ESTEC teams and the industrial definition study contractors.

The Science Programme Committee (SPC) in November 2004 unanimously approved the PRC recommended payload for a feasibility and definition phase of one year.  In November 2005 the SPC confirmed the selected BepiColombo payload. The payload for the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) is selected by the Japanese space exploration agency JAXA.

MPO Instruments

Name Payload Responsible
BELA Laser Altimeter Co-PIs
N.Thomas
Physikalisches Institut University of Bern Switzerland
T. Spohn
DLR Inst. fur Planetenforschung
Berlin
Germany
ISA Radio science ACC: accelerometer PI
V. Iafolla
CNR-IFSI
Rome
Itlay
MERMAG Magnetometer PI
K.H. Glassmeier
Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics
Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
Deputy PI
C.M. Carr
The Blackett Laboratory
Imperial College London
UK
MERTIS-TIS Thermal infrared spectrometer PI
E.K. Jessberger
Institut für Planetologie
University Münster
Germany
MGNS Gamma ray and neutron spectrometer PI
I. Mitrofanov
Institute for Space Research
Moscow
Russia
MIXS X-ray spectrometer PI
G. Fraser
Space Research Centre
University of Leicester
UK
Co-PI
K. Muinonen
Observatory Univ. of Helsinki
Finland
MORE Radio science
Ka-band transponder
PI
L. Iess
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Italy
PHEBUS UV spectrometer PI
E. Chassefiere
SA/IPSL
Universite P&M Curie Paris
France
Co-PIs
S. Okano
Planetary Plasma & Atmospheric Research Center
Tohoku University
Sendai
Japan
O. Korablev
IKI
Moscow
Russia
SERENA Neutral and ionised particle analyser PI
S. Orsini
CNR-IFSI
Rome
Italy
Co-PIs
S. A. Livi
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physical Lab.
Laurel
USA
S. Barabash
Swedish Inst.of Space Physics (IRF)
Kiruna
Sweden
K. Torkar
Space Research Institute
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Graz
Austria
SIMBIO-SYS High resolution + stereo cameras, Visual and NIR spectrometer PI
E. Flamini
Italian Space Agency
Rome
Italy
Co-PIs
F. Capaccioni
INAF-IASF
Rome
Italy
L. Colangeli
INAF-Osserv.Astronomico di Capodimonte
Napoli
Italy
G. Cremonese
INAF-Osserv. Astronomico di Padova
Italy
A. Doressoundiram
LESIA-Obs. de Paris
Meudon
France
O. Forni
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS)
Orsay
France
J. L. Josset
SPACE-X
Space Exploration
Neuchatel
Switzerland
SIXS Solar monitor PI
J. Huovelin
Observatory-Univ. of Helsinki
Finland

Co-PI
M. Grande
Space Science & Technol. Dept.
CCLR-Rutherford Appleton Lab.
Chilton
UK

MMO Instruments

Name Payload PI Co-PI
MERMAG-M/MGF Mercury Magnetometer W. Baumjohann A. Matsuoka
MPPE Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment Y. Saito J.–A. Sauvaud
M. Hirahara
S. Barabash
PWI Plasma Wave Instrument H. Matsumoto J.–L. Bougeret
L. Blomberg
H. Kojima
S. Yagitani
MSASI Mercury Sodium Atmospheric Spectral Imager I. Yoshikawa O. Korablev
MDM Mercury Dust Monitor K. Nogami H. Ohashi

Last Update: 1 September 2019
12-Dec-2024 17:52 UT

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