China's first Mars exploration mission will carry out comprehensive global surveys of the planet from data collected by instruments carried in orbit and roving on the planet itself.Goals of the mission include det...China's first Mars exploration mission will carry out comprehensive global surveys of the planet from data collected by instruments carried in orbit and roving on the planet itself.Goals of the mission include detailed inspections and surveys of key areas on the surface of Mars.One of the main scientific payloads installed on the orbiter is the moderate resolution camera.Its mission is to image the surface of Mars sufficiently to produce a global remote sensing image map of the planet,and to explore and record changes to the topography of Mars,including major geological structures,and to advance research on topography and geomorphology in general.The moderate resolution camera uses a lightweight and compact integrated design;its primary components are an optical module,a focal plane module,a camera control module,a power and interface module,a camera support module,a thermal control module,and a reference module.Radiometric calibration,color calibration,and geometric calibration have been carried out to ensure that the camera can acquire sufficient accurate data to complete mission goals.This paper introduces the camera's detection mission,its system composition,and its working principle;it also describes the camera's ground calibration tests and their results,and provides a reference for processing the camera's scientific data and for future applications.展开更多
Remote-sensing images of Mars contain rich information about its surface morphology,topography,and geological structure.These data are fundamental for scientific research and exploration.Prior to China’s first Mars e...Remote-sensing images of Mars contain rich information about its surface morphology,topography,and geological structure.These data are fundamental for scientific research and exploration.Prior to China’s first Mars exploration mission,data from six advanced optical imaging systems of different missions in the Martian orbit had been used to generate Mars global/near-global image datasets with spatial resolutions of better than 1 km:the visual imaging system of Mariner 9,visual imaging subsystem cameras of Viking 1 and 2,Mars Orbiter Camera-Wide Angle(MOC-WA)of the Mars Global Surveyor(MGS),Context Camera(CTX)of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter(MRO),High Resolution Stereo Camera(HRSC)of Mars Express(MEX),and Thermal Emission Imaging System(THEMIS)of the Mars Odyssey Orbiter[1,2].展开更多
文摘China's first Mars exploration mission will carry out comprehensive global surveys of the planet from data collected by instruments carried in orbit and roving on the planet itself.Goals of the mission include detailed inspections and surveys of key areas on the surface of Mars.One of the main scientific payloads installed on the orbiter is the moderate resolution camera.Its mission is to image the surface of Mars sufficiently to produce a global remote sensing image map of the planet,and to explore and record changes to the topography of Mars,including major geological structures,and to advance research on topography and geomorphology in general.The moderate resolution camera uses a lightweight and compact integrated design;its primary components are an optical module,a focal plane module,a camera control module,a power and interface module,a camera support module,a thermal control module,and a reference module.Radiometric calibration,color calibration,and geometric calibration have been carried out to ensure that the camera can acquire sufficient accurate data to complete mission goals.This paper introduces the camera's detection mission,its system composition,and its working principle;it also describes the camera's ground calibration tests and their results,and provides a reference for processing the camera's scientific data and for future applications.
基金supported by the China National Space Administration(CNSA)the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFF0503204)+1 种基金the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(ZDBS-SSW-TLC001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12203073,42371384)。
文摘Remote-sensing images of Mars contain rich information about its surface morphology,topography,and geological structure.These data are fundamental for scientific research and exploration.Prior to China’s first Mars exploration mission,data from six advanced optical imaging systems of different missions in the Martian orbit had been used to generate Mars global/near-global image datasets with spatial resolutions of better than 1 km:the visual imaging system of Mariner 9,visual imaging subsystem cameras of Viking 1 and 2,Mars Orbiter Camera-Wide Angle(MOC-WA)of the Mars Global Surveyor(MGS),Context Camera(CTX)of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter(MRO),High Resolution Stereo Camera(HRSC)of Mars Express(MEX),and Thermal Emission Imaging System(THEMIS)of the Mars Odyssey Orbiter[1,2].
