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Results from the First Field Tests of the WISDOM GPR (2018 ExoMars Mission)

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Introduction: The WISDOM (Water Ice Subsur- face Deposit Observation on Mars) Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is one of the instruments that have been selected as part of the Pasteur payload of ESA’s 2018 ExoMars Rover mission[1]. The Pasteur payload actu- ally consists of two different sets of instruments: the Panoramic Instruments, which include a wide angle camera and the WISDOM radar, that will be used to perform large-scale scientific investigations of the landing site and the Analytical Laboratory Instruments that will analyze the core samples obtained by the sub- surface drill. WISDOM will help identify the location of sedimentary layers, where organic molecules are the most likely to be found and well-preserved. WISDOM has been designed to investigate the near subsurface environment down to a depth of ~2-3 m with a vertical resolution of a few centimeters [2]. WISDOM is a step frequency radar operating over a wide frequency band between 0.5 and 3 GHz. Particular attention was paid to the design of the antenna system, which needs to be able to conduct polarimetric measurements over the whole bandwidth without significant distortion [3].
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Valérie Ciarletti, S. Clifford, André-Jean Vieau, Benjamin Lustrement, Rafik Hassen-Khodja, et al.. Results from the First Field Tests of the WISDOM GPR (2018 ExoMars Mission) . 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2011, The Woodlands - Texas, United States. 2613.pdf. ⟨hal-00619293⟩
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