Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer for the Mars Exploration Rover

Steven Silverman; Richard Peralta; Philip Christensen; Greg Mehall

doi:10.1117/12.511577

Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer for the Mars Exploration Rover

Steven Silverman, Richard Peralta, Philip Christensen, Greg Mehall

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Abstract

This paper describes some details of the results of the calibration of the Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) being built by Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing (SBRS) under contract to Arizona State University (ASU). This paper also serves as an update to an earlier paper (Peralta, et al, 2001) for mission description and instrument design. Mini-TES is a single detector Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS), covering the spectral range 5-29 microns (μm) at 10 cm ^-1 spectral resolution. Launched in June 2003, one Mini-TES instrument will fly to Mars aboard each of the two missions of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Project (MER), named Spirit and Opportunity. Mini-TES is designed to provide a key minerological remote sensing component of the MER mission, which includes several other science instruments. The first Mini-TES unit was required to meet a two-year development schedule with proven, flight-tested instrumentation. Therefore, SBRS designed Mini-TES based on proven heritage from the successful Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES), which was launched in 1996 and is still operational with over 500 million spectra collected to date. Mini-TES design, performance, integration onto the rovers, as well as details of the calibration are discussed. Full instrument and calibration details are the subject of an upcoming Journal of Geophysical Research Mini-TES paper by Christensen, et al.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Editors	A.M. Larar, J.A. Shaw, Z. Sun
Pages	75-89
Number of pages	15
Volume	5157
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511577
State	Published - 2003
Event	Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research V - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 7 2003 → Aug 8 2003

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Other	Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research V
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	8/7/03 → 8/8/03

Keywords

Fourier Transform Spectrometer
FTS
Mars Rover
Mineralogy
Remote Sensing
Thermal Emission

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer for the Mars Exploration Rover. / Silverman, Steven; Peralta, Richard; Christensen, Philip; Mehall, Greg.

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. ed. / A.M. Larar; J.A. Shaw; Z. Sun. Vol. 5157 2003. p. 75-89.

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Silverman, S, Peralta, R, Christensen, P & Mehall, G 2003, Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer for the Mars Exploration Rover. in AM Larar, JA Shaw & Z Sun (eds), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. vol. 5157, pp. 75-89, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research V, San Diego, CA, United States, 8/7/03. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.511577

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