Title: The Aspera Experiment on the Soviet Phobos Spacecraft
Abstract: The Aspera Experiment on the Soviet Phobos Spacecraft R. Lundin, R. Lundin Swedish Institute of Space Physics, P.O. Box 812, S-981 28 Kiruna, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorB. Hultqvist, B. Hultqvist Swedish Institute of Space Physics, P.O. Box 812, S-981 28 Kiruna, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorS. Olsen, S. Olsen Swedish Institute of Space Physics, P.O. Box 812, S-981 28 Kiruna, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorR. Pellinen, R. Pellinen Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, SF-00101 Helsinki, FinlandSearch for more papers by this authorI. Liede, I. Liede Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, SF-00101 Helsinki, FinlandSearch for more papers by this authorA. Zakharov, A. Zakharov Space Research Institute of the Academia Nauk, Profsojusnaja 88, 117810, Moscow, USSRSearch for more papers by this authorE. Dubinin, E. Dubinin Space Research Institute of the Academia Nauk, Profsojusnaja 88, 117810, Moscow, USSRSearch for more papers by this authorN. Pissarenko, N. Pissarenko Space Research Institute of the Academia Nauk, Profsojusnaja 88, 117810, Moscow, USSRSearch for more papers by this author R. Lundin, R. Lundin Swedish Institute of Space Physics, P.O. Box 812, S-981 28 Kiruna, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorB. Hultqvist, B. Hultqvist Swedish Institute of Space Physics, P.O. Box 812, S-981 28 Kiruna, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorS. Olsen, S. Olsen Swedish Institute of Space Physics, P.O. Box 812, S-981 28 Kiruna, SwedenSearch for more papers by this authorR. Pellinen, R. Pellinen Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, SF-00101 Helsinki, FinlandSearch for more papers by this authorI. Liede, I. Liede Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, SF-00101 Helsinki, FinlandSearch for more papers by this authorA. Zakharov, A. Zakharov Space Research Institute of the Academia Nauk, Profsojusnaja 88, 117810, Moscow, USSRSearch for more papers by this authorE. Dubinin, E. Dubinin Space Research Institute of the Academia Nauk, Profsojusnaja 88, 117810, Moscow, USSRSearch for more papers by this authorN. Pissarenko, N. Pissarenko Space Research Institute of the Academia Nauk, Profsojusnaja 88, 117810, Moscow, USSRSearch for more papers by this author Book Editor(s):J. H. Waite Jr., J. H. Waite Jr.Search for more papers by this authorJ. L. Burch, J. L. BurchSearch for more papers by this authorR. L. Moore, R. L. MooreSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 January 1989 https://doi.org/10.1029/GM054p0417Citations: 32Book Series:Geophysical Monograph Series AboutPDFPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShareShare a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Summary ASPERA (Automatic Space Plasma Experiment with a Rotating Analyzer) is a three-dimensional plasma composition experiment for the Soviet mission to Mars and its moon Phobos in 1988–1989. Two spacecraft are targeted for a close flyby over the Phobos surface. ASPERA measures the composition of ions with energies 0.5 eV/e-25 keV/e and electrons with energies 1 eV-50 keV. The experiment utilizes a scanner platform to provide nearly complete coverage of the unit sphere on the three-axis stabilized Phobos spacecraft. The plasma analyzer comprises two spectrometer systems with a 360° field-of-view lying in a plane perpendicular to the plane of rotation (±90°). 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