MiniPINS - Miniature Planetary In-situ Sensors
- 1Finnish Meteorological Institute, Space research and observation technologies, Helsinki, Finland (maria.genzer@fmi.fi)
- 2Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain
- 3Added value Solutions (AVS), Elgoibar, Spain
- 4Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
- 5Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
- 6Instituto de Microelectrónica de Sevilla (IMSE), Sevilla, Spain
- 7Institute of Advanced Studies of Madrid in nanoscience (IMDEA), Madrid, Spain
- 8Talvioja Consulting Ltd, Helsinki, Finland
MiniPINS (Miniature Planetary IN-situ Sensors) is an ESA study led by the Finnish Meteorological Institute to develop and prototype miniaturised surface sensor packages for Mars and the Moon. The study aims at miniaturising the scientific sensors and subsystems, as well as identifying and utilizing commonalities of the packages, allowing to optimise the design, cut costs and reduce the development time. This presentation includes the main results from Phase A study and Preliminary Requirements Review of MiniPINS.
The MINS concept of 0.5 m penetration depth was selected by means of a trade-off. The selected concept is a rigid probe concept, similar to MetNet penetrator. Its development level is quite high, and its scope is compatible with MINS mission. This concept is limited from the scientific point of view, as it does not allow to penetrate so far in Martian subsoil; but its more advantageous from the criticality point of view as it has a higher development level and is less complex. The concept allows to perform majority of the scientific measurements, as all science goals except the heat flow measurement, can be accomplished also in shallow depth.
Acknowledgements
The MiniPINS (Miniaturized Sensor Packages and Delivery Systems for In-situ Exploration) Contract is carried out and funded by the European Space Agency activity no. 1000025265 in the “ESA-Star” System.
How to cite: Genzer, M., Hieta, M., Haukka, H., Kestilä, A., Arruego, I., Apéstigue, V., Martinez Oter, J., Gonzalo, A., Reina, M., Ortega, C., Camañes, C., Sard, I., Dominguez-Pumar, M., Rodriquez Manfredi, J. A., Espejo, S., Guerrero, H., and Talvioja, M.: MiniPINS - Miniature Planetary In-situ Sensors, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-11282, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-11282, 2021.