The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

N. Thomas; G. Cremonese; R. Ziethe; M. Gerber; M. Brändli; G. Bruno; M. Erismann; L. Gambicorti; T. Gerber; K. Ghose; M. Gruber; P. Gubler; H. Mischler; J. Jost; D. Piazza; A. Pommerol; M. Rieder; V. Roloff; A. Servonet; W. Trottmann; T. Uthaicharoenpong; C. Zimmermann; D. Vernani; M. Johnson; E. Pelò; T. Weigel; J. Viertl; N. De Roux; P. Lochmatter; G. Sutter; A. Casciello; T. Hausner; I. Ficai Veltroni; V. Da Deppo; P. Orleanski; W. Nowosielski; T. Zawistowski; S. Szalai; B. Sodor; S. Tulyakov; G. Troznai; M. Banaskiewicz; J.C. Bridges; S. Byrne; S. Debei; M. R. El-Maarry; E. Hauber; C.J. Hansen; A. Ivanov; L. Keszthelyil; Randolph L. Kirk; R. Kuzmin; N. Mangold; L. Marinangeli; W. J. Markiewicz; M. Massironi; A. S. McEwen; Chris H. Okubo; L.L. Tornabene; P. Wajer; J.J. Wray

doi:10.1007/s11214-017-0421-1

The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

Space Science Reviews

By: N. Thomas, G. Cremonese, R. Ziethe, M. Gerber, M. Brändli, G. Bruno, M. Erismann, L. Gambicorti, T. Gerber, K. Ghose, M. Gruber, P. Gubler, H. Mischler, J. Jost, D. Piazza, A. Pommerol, M. Rieder, V. Roloff, A. Servonet, W. Trottmann, T. Uthaicharoenpong, C. Zimmermann, D. Vernani, M. Johnson, E. Pelò, T. Weigel, J. Viertl, N. De Roux, P. Lochmatter, G. Sutter, A. Casciello, T. Hausner, I. Ficai Veltroni, V. Da Deppo, P. Orleanski, W. Nowosielski, T. Zawistowski, S. Szalai, B. Sodor, S. Tulyakov, G. Troznai, M. Banaskiewicz, J.C. Bridges, S. Byrne, S. Debei, M. R. El-Maarry, E. Hauber, C.J. Hansen, A. Ivanov, L. Keszthelyil, Randolph L. Kirk, R. Kuzmin, N. Mangold, L. Marinangeli, W. J. Markiewicz, M. Massironi, A. S. McEwen, Chris H. Okubo, L.L. Tornabene, P. Wajer, and J.J. Wray

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Abstract

The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) is the main imaging system onboard the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) which was launched on 14 March 2016. CaSSIS is intended to acquire moderately high resolution (4.6 m/pixel) targeted images of Mars at a rate of 10–20 images per day from a roughly circular orbit 400 km above the surface. Each image can be acquired in up to four colours and stereo capability is foreseen by the use of a novel rotation mechanism. A typical product from one image acquisition will be a $9.5 km \times \sim 45 km$ swath in full colour and stereo in one over-flight of the target thereby reducing atmospheric influences inherent in stereo and colour products from previous high resolution imagers. This paper describes the instrument including several novel technical solutions required to achieve the scientific requirements.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
Series title	Space Science Reviews
DOI	10.1007/s11214-017-0421-1
Volume	212
Issue	3-4
Year Published	2017
Language	English
Publisher	Springer
Contributing office(s)	Astrogeology Science Center
Description	48 p.
First page	1897
Last page	1944
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