HANKA> CubeSat Space Dust Analyser
- 1J.Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, CAS, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czechia
- 2ELI Beamlines, Institute of Physics, CAS, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czechia
- 3Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environnement et de l’Espace (LPC2E), UMR7328 CNRS/Université d’Orléans, 3A, Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans, France
- 4Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, FU Berlin, Malteserstraße 74‐100, D‐12249 Berlin, Germany
- 5Institute of Chemical Technology and Wilhelm Ostwald-Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Mass spectrometry plays an important role in advancing space exploration. It provides unique insights into the composition of space dust, micrometeorites, and particles from distant large objects and can be used both in orbit and on the surface of an asteroid.
The space instrument HANKA (Hmotnostní ANalyzér pro Kosmické Aplikace) is a high-resolution mass spectrometer based on an electrostatic ion trap, which is a principal component of commercial instruments[1] established in biology and medicine research, the so-called Orbitrap™, and the space CosmOrbitrap prototype (developed in LPC2E Orleans[2]). HANKA can take this new technology into space, combining a compact CubeSat space version of this high-resolution ion trap mass analyzer with a velocity/charge detector and hypervelocity impact ionization source.
Figure 1: HANKA – CubeSat space version (a), laboratory prototype (b), and preliminary data from EI source(c)[3]
Based on the results obtained from the laboratory prototype, a miniature CubeSat version of the high-resolution mass spectrometer for in-situ exploration in space will be constructed. The proposed parameters of the CubeSat module HANKA are:
> Resolution: up to 50 000 at m/z 200
> Mass Range: 2 – 3000 m/z
> Dimension: 200x200x100 mm (4U)
> Weight: < 6kg
> Power: 5-10 W
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (grant No. 21-11931J)
References
[1] Makarov, A.; Anal. Chem. 2000, 72, 1156–1162.
[2] Briois C., Thissen R., Thirkell L., et al.; Planet Space Sci. 2016, 131, 33‐45.
[3] Zymak Y., Zabka J., Polášek M., et al.; al.; Aerospace 2023, 10(6), 522.
How to cite: Maleckova, M., Žabka, J., Zymak, Y., Polášek, M., Cherville, B., Jašík, J., Spesyvyi, A., Lacko, M., Kashkoul, M., Sanderink, A., Nezvedová, M., Sixtová, N., Charvát, A., and Abel, B.: HANKA> CubeSat Space Dust Analyser, Europlanet Science Congress 2024, Berlin, Germany, 8–13 Sep 2024, EPSC2024-876, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-876, 2024.
