China's Mars probe, named Tianwen-1, including an orbiter and a landing rover, will be launched during the July-August 2020 Mars launch windows. Selected to be among the rover payloads is a Subsurface Penetrating Radar module (RoSPR). The main scientific objective of the RoSPR is to characterize the thickness and sub-layer distribution of the Martian soil. The RoSPR consists of two channels. The low frequency channel of the RoSPR will penetrate the Martian soil to depths of 10 to 100 m with a resolution of a few meters. The higher frequency channel will penetrate to a depth of 3 to 10 m with a resolution of a few centimeters. This paper describes the design of the instrument and some results of field experiments.


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    Title :

    The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission


    Contributors:
    Bin Zhou (author) / ShaoXiang Shen (author) / Wei Lu (author) / YuXi Li (author) / Qing Liu (author) / ChuanJun Tang (author) / ShiDong Li (author) / GuangYou Fang (author)


    Publication date :

    2020




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown




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