Trace Gas Orbiter

Trace Gas Orbiter
Artist's illustration of ExoMars 2016
Mission typeMars orbiter
OperatorESA · Roscosmos
COSPAR ID2016-017A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.41388
Websitehttp://exploration.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=46475
Mission durationPlanned: 7 years[1][2]
Elapsed: 8 years, 9 months, 5 days
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerThales Alenia Space
Launch mass4,332 kg[3]
Payload massInstruments: 113.8 kg (251 lb)[4]
Schiaparelli: 577 kg (1,272 lb)[4]
Dimensions3.2 × 2 × 2 m (10.5 × 6.6 × 6.6 ft)[4]
Power~2000 W[4]
Start of mission
Launch date14 March 2016, 09:31 (2016-03-14UTC09:31) UTC[5]
RocketProton-M/Briz-M
Launch siteBaikonur 200/39
ContractorKhrunichev
Orbital parameters
Reference systemAreocentric
RegimeCircular
Eccentricity0
Periareion altitude400 km (250 mi)
Apoareion altitude400 km (250 mi)
Inclination74 degrees
Period2 hours
EpochPlanned
Mars orbiter
Orbital insertion19 October 2016, 15:24 UTC[6]
Transponders
BandX band
UHF band
Frequency390–450 MHz
TWTA power65 W

ESA mission insignia for the ExoMars 2016 launch, featuring the Trace Gas Orbiter (left) and Schiaparelli (right).
ExoMars programme

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO or ExoMars Orbiter) is a collaborative project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Roscosmos agency that sent an atmospheric research orbiter and the Schiaparelli demonstration lander to Mars in 2016 as part of the European-led ExoMars programme.[7][8][9]

The Trace Gas Orbiter delivered the Schiaparelli lander on 16 October 2016, which crashed on the surface due to a premature release of the parachute.[10]

The orbiter began aerobraking in March 2017 to lower its initial orbit of 200 by 98,000 km (120 by 60,890 mi). Aerobraking concluded on 20 February 2018 when a final thruster firing resulted in an orbit of 200 by 1,050 km (120 by 650 mi).[11] Additional thruster firings every few days raised the orbiter to a circular "science" orbit of 400 km (250 mi), which was achieved on 9 April 2018.[12]

A key goal is to gain a better understanding of methane (CH4) and other trace gases present in the Martian atmosphere that could be evidence for possible biological activity. The programme was originally intended to follow with the Kazachok lander and the Rosalind Franklin rover in 2022,[13][14] which would have searched for biomolecules and biosignatures; the TGO would have operated as the communication link for the ExoMars lander and rover and provided communication for other Mars surface probes with Earth.

History

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Investigations with space and Earth-based observatories have demonstrated the presence of a small amount of methane on the atmosphere of Mars that seems to vary with location and time.[15][16][17] This may indicate the presence of microbial life on Mars, or a geochemical process such as volcanism or hydrothermal activity.[18][19][20][21]

The challenge to discern the source of methane in the atmosphere of Mars prompted the independent planning by ESA and NASA of one orbiter each that would carry instruments in order to determine if its formation is of biological or geological origin,[22][23] as well as its decomposition products such as formaldehyde and methanol.

Origins

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ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter was born out of the nexus of ESA's Aurora programme ExoMars flagship and NASA's 2013 and 2016 Mars Science Orbiter (MSO) concepts.[24][25] It became a flexible collaborative proposal within NASA and ESA to send a new orbiter-carrier to Mars in 2016 as part of the European-led ExoMars mission.[9] On the ExoMars side, ESA authorised about half a billion Euros in 2005 for a rover and mini-station; eventually this evolved into being delivered by an orbiter rather than a cruise stage.[26]

Attempted collaboration with NASA

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NASA's Mars Science Orbiter (MSO) was originally envisioned in 2008 as an all-NASA endeavour aiming for a late 2013 launch.[24][25] NASA and ESA officials agreed to pool resources and technical expertise and collaborate to launch only one orbiter.[27] The agreement, called the Mars Exploration Joint Initiative, was signed in July 2009 and proposed to use an Atlas rocket launcher instead of a Soyuz rocket, which significantly altered the technical and financial setting of the European ExoMars mission. Since the rover was originally planned to be launched along with the TGO, a prospective agreement would require that the rover lose enough weight to fit aboard the Atlas launch vehicle with NASA's orbiter.[28] Instead of reducing the rover's mass, it was nearly doubled when the mission was combined with other projects to a multi-spacecraft programme divided over two Atlas V launches:[27][29] the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) was merged into the project, carrying a meteorological lander planned for launch in 2016. The European orbiter would carry several instruments originally meant for NASA's MSO, so NASA scaled down the objectives and focused on atmospheric trace gases detection instruments for their incorporation in ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.[4][9][25]

Under the FY2013 budget President Barack Obama released on 13 February 2012, NASA terminated its participation in ExoMars due to budgetary cuts in order to pay for the cost overruns of the James Webb Space Telescope.[30] With NASA's funding for this project cancelled, most of ExoMars' plans had to be restructured.[31]

Collaboration with Russia

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On 15 March 2012, the ESA's ruling council announced it would press ahead with its ExoMars program in partnership with the Russian space agency Roscosmos, which planned to contribute two heavy-lift Proton launch vehicles and an additional entry, descent and landing system to the 2020 rover mission.[32][33][34][35][36]

Under the collaboration proposal with Roscosmos, the ExoMars mission was split into two parts: the orbiter/lander mission in March 2016 that includes the TGO and a 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) diameter stationary lander built by ESA named Schiaparelli,[37] and the Rosalind Franklin rover mission in 2020[13] (postponed to 2022 [38]). Both missions are using a Proton-M rocket.

Launch

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Launch of the Proton carrier rocket
Animation of ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter's trajectory
   Sun ·    Earth ·    Mars ·    ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
Animation of ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter's trajectory around Mars
   Mars ·    ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

The Trace Gas Orbiter and descent module Schiaparelli completed testing and were integrated to a Proton rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in mid-January 2016.[39] The launch occurred at 09:31 UTC on 14 March 2016.[5] Four rocket burns occurred in the following 10 hours before the descent module and orbiter were released.[40] A signal from the spacecraft was received at 21:29 UTC that day, confirming that the launch was successful and the spacecraft were functioning properly.[41]

Shortly after separation from the probes, a Brazilian ground telescope recorded small objects in the vicinity of the Briz-M upper booster stage, suggesting that the Briz-M stage exploded a few kilometres away, without damaging the orbiter or lander.[42] Briefing reporters in Moscow, the head of Roscosmos denied any anomaly and made all launch data available for inspection.[43]

Status

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The Schiaparelli lander separated from the TGO orbiter on 16 October 2016,[44] three days before it arrived on Mars, and entered the atmosphere at 21,000 km/h (13,000 mph; 5.8 km/s).[45] Schiaparelli transmitted about 600 megabytes of telemetry during its landing attempt,[46][47] before it impacted the surface at 540 km/h (340 mph).[48]

The TGO was injected into Mars orbit on 19 October 2016 and underwent 11 months of aerobraking (March 2017 to February 2018), reducing its orbital speed by 3,600 km/h (2,200 mph) and its orbit from an initial 98,000 by 200 km (60,890 by 120 mi) down to 1,050 by 200 km (650 by 120 mi). Additional thruster firings through mid-April circularised the spacecraft's orbit to 400 km (250 mi), and full science activities began on 21 April 2018.[49][50]

Specifications

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Size of the Trace Gas Orbiter (left) with the Schiaparelli EDM attached, compared to Mars Express (right) and an average human
Dimensions
The central bus is 3.2 m × 2 m × 2 m (10.5 ft × 6.6 ft × 6.6 ft)[4]
Propulsion
424 N (95 lbf) bi-propellant main engine, used for Mars orbit insertion and manoeuvres[4]
Power
20 m2 (220 sq ft) solar arrays spanning 17.5 m (57 ft) tip-to-tip, and capable of rotating in one axis;[51] generates about 2,000 W of power at Mars[4]
Batteries
2 modules of lithium-ion batteries with approximately 5100 watt hours total capacity to provide power during eclipses over the prime mission[4]
Communication
2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) X band high-gain antenna with a two-axis pointing mechanism and 65 W RF travelling-wave tube amplifier to communicate with Earth[4]
Two Electra UHF band transceivers with a single helical antenna to communicate with spacecraft at Mars[4]
Thermal control
Spacecraft yaw axis control to ensure the three faces containing the science payload remain cold
Mass
3,755 kg (8,278 lb), wet mass of the orbiter[4]
4,332 kg (9,550 lb), wet mass of the orbiter plus Schiaparelli lander[4]
Payload
113.8 kg (251 lb) of science instruments[4]

Science

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Scale model of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter displayed during the Paris Air Show, 2015

The TGO separated from the ExoMars Schiaparelli demonstration lander and would have provided it with telecommunication relay for 8 Martian solar days (sols) after landing. Then the TGO gradually underwent aerobraking for seven months into a more circular orbit for science observations and will eventually provide communications relay for the future Rosalind Franklin rover and will continue serving as a relay satellite for future landed missions.[2][52][53]

The FREND instrument is currently mapping hydrogen levels to a maximum depth of 1 m (3 ft 3 in) beneath the Martian surface.[54][55] Locations where hydrogen is found may indicate water-ice deposits, which could be useful for future crewed missions.

Particularly, the mission is in the process of characterising spatial, temporal variation, and localisation of sources for a broad list of atmospheric trace gases. If methane (CH4) is found in the presence of propane (C3H8) or ethane (C2H6), that would be a strong indication that biological processes are involved.[56] However, if methane is found in the presence of gases such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), that would be an indication that the methane is a byproduct of geological processes.[57]

Detection
Visualisation of a methane plume found in Mars' atmosphere during the northern summer season

The nature of the methane source requires measurements of a suite of trace gases in order to characterise potential biochemical and geochemical processes at work. The orbiter has very high sensitivity to (at least) the following molecules and their isotopomers: water (H2O), hydroperoxyl (HO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), acetylene (C2H2), ethylene (C2H4), ethane (C2H6), formaldehyde (H2CO), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbonyl sulfide (OCS), sulfur dioxide (SO2), hydrogen chloride (HCl), carbon monoxide (CO) and ozone (O3). Detection sensitivities are at levels of 100 parts per trillion, improved to 10 parts per trillion or better by averaging spectra which could be taken at several spectra per second.[58]

Characterisation
  • Spatial and temporal variability: latitude–longitude coverage multiple times in a Mars year to determine regional sources and seasonal variations (reported to be large, but still controversial with present understanding of Mars gas-phase photochemistry)
  • Correlation of concentration observations with environmental parameters of temperature, dust and ice aerosols (potential sites for heterogeneous chemistry)[4]
Localisation
  • Mapping of multiple tracers (e.g., aerosols, water vapour, CO, CH4) with different photochemical lifetimes and correlations helps constrain model simulations and points to source/sink regions
  • To achieve the spatial resolution required to localise sources might require tracing molecules at parts-per-billion concentrations

Instruments

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Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS)

Like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Trace Gas Orbiter is a hybrid science and telecom orbiter.[59] Its scientific payload mass is about 113.8 kg (251 lb) and consists of:[4][60]

NOMAD and ACS are providing the most extensive spectral coverage of Martian atmospheric processes so far.[59][64] Twice per orbit, at local sunrise and sunset, they are able to observe the Sun as it shines through the atmosphere. Detection of atmospheric trace species at the parts-per-billion (ppb) level are possible.
  • The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) is a high-resolution, 4.5 m per pixel (15 ft/pixel), colour stereo camera for building accurate digital elevation models of the Martian surface. It will also be an important tool for characterising candidate landing site locations for future missions. Developed by Switzerland.
  • The Fine-Resolution Epithermal Neutron Detector (FREND) is a neutron detector that can provide information on the presence of hydrogen, in the form of water or hydrated minerals, in the top 1 m (3 ft 3 in) of the Martian surface.[63] Developed by Russia.

Relay telecommunications

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An Electra radio, in this case the one for the MAVEN probe. Electra radios were also deployed on the Trace Gas Orbiter and on other Mars telecommunications assets.

Due to the challenges of entry, descent and landing, Mars landers are highly constrained in mass, volume and power. For landed missions, this places severe constraints on antenna size and transmission power, which in turn greatly reduce direct-to-Earth communication capability in comparison to orbital spacecraft. As an example, the capability downlinks on Spirit and Opportunity rovers had only 1⁄600 the capability of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter downlink. Relay communication addresses this problem by allowing Mars surface spacecraft to communicate using higher data rates over short-range links to nearby Mars orbiters, while the orbiter takes on the task of communicating over the long-distance link back to Earth. This relay strategy offers a variety of key benefits to Mars landers: increased data return volume, reduced energy requirements, reduced communications system mass, increased communications opportunities, robust critical event communications and in situ navigation aid.[65] NASA provided an Electra telecommunications relay and navigation instrument to assure communications between probes and rovers on the surface of Mars and controllers on Earth.[66] The TGO will provide the Rosalind Franklin rover with telecommunications relay; it will also serve as a relay satellite for future landed missions.[2]

Results

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Image of the edge of Planum Australe, Mars' south polar ice cap, taken by CaSSIS. The dusty ice layers that compose the South Polar Layered Deposits (SPLD) are exposed and visible in the image.

The spacecraft took its first photos of the surface of Mars on 15 April 2018.[67] The first year of science operations[68] yielded a wealth of new data and scientific discoveries, including: new observations of the atmospheric composition and structure,[69][70] water-ice cloud enhancement during a global dust storm,[71] new measurements of the atmospheric thermal structure and density,[72] estimations of the timespan of the climate record of the south polar ice sheet,[73] confirmation of dry-processes being responsible for Recurring Slope Lineae in Hale crater,[74] identifying a variety of ice and non-ice related active processes occurring on the surface in colour,[75] and high-resolution maps of shallow subsurface Hydrogen, increasing the known amounts of probably near-surface buried water ice.[76]

In April 2019, the science team reported their first methane results: TGO had detected no methane whatsoever, even though their data were more sensitive than the methane concentrations found using Curiosity, Mars Express, and ground-based observations.[77][78]

See also

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