This paper presents the Subsurface Radar Sounder (SRS) instrument onboard European Space Agency's (ESA) EnVision mission. EnVision is one of the three candidates selected for the Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 M5 medium-class missions. It is aimed at exploring the activity, the geologic history and the atmosphere of Venus. SRS is an orbital ground-penetrating radar with the unique science objectives of understanding the evolution of Venus' surface by searching for subsurface dielectric interfaces in the top hundreds of metres of the crust. In the paper, we describe the main science objectives of SRS, the performance evaluation under expected target conditions, the instrument design and the acquisition strategy that maximize the scientific returns.
Envision Mission to Venus: Subsurface Radar Sounding / Bruzzone, Lorenzo; Bovolo, Francesca; Thakur, Sanchari; Carrer, Leonardo; Donini, Elena; Gerekos, Christopher; Paterna, Stefano; Santoni, Massimo; Sbalchiero, Elisa. - (2020), pp. 5960-5963. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 tenutosi a Waikoloa nel 26th September-2nd October 2020) [10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324279].
Envision Mission to Venus: Subsurface Radar Sounding
Bruzzone, Lorenzo;Bovolo, Francesca;Thakur, Sanchari;Carrer, Leonardo;Donini, Elena;Gerekos, Christopher;Paterna, Stefano;Santoni, Massimo;Sbalchiero, Elisa
2020-01-01
Abstract
This paper presents the Subsurface Radar Sounder (SRS) instrument onboard European Space Agency's (ESA) EnVision mission. EnVision is one of the three candidates selected for the Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 M5 medium-class missions. It is aimed at exploring the activity, the geologic history and the atmosphere of Venus. SRS is an orbital ground-penetrating radar with the unique science objectives of understanding the evolution of Venus' surface by searching for subsurface dielectric interfaces in the top hundreds of metres of the crust. In the paper, we describe the main science objectives of SRS, the performance evaluation under expected target conditions, the instrument design and the acquisition strategy that maximize the scientific returns.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione
