ROSINA's cometary pressure sensor (COPS)
Date: 20 May 2014
Satellite: Rosetta
Copyright: ESA/Rosetta/ROSINA/UBern/BIRA/LATMOS/LMM/IRAP/MPS/SwRI/TUB/UMich
The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) is a combination of two mass spectrometers and a pressure sensor:
- the Double Focusing Mass Spectrometer (DFMS)
- the Reflectron Time-of-Flight (RTOF) mass spectrometer
- the Comet Pressure Sensor (COPS)
This photo shows the COPS pressure sensor.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
