In late 2007 (or 2009)
CNES
The (CNES; French: ''Centre national d'études spatiales'') is the French government space agency (administratively, a "public administration with industrial and commercial purpose"). Its headquarters are located in central Paris and it is und ...
(the French Space Agency) and ESA (
the European Space Agency
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) had planned to send a remote sensing orbiter and four small Netlanders to
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...
. They planned to land them in four different locations. The CNES and ESA cancelled this mission because it was too expensive; both agencies planned to send other orbiters and landers for missions like
ExoMars
ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) is an astrobiology programme of the European Space Agency (ESA).
The goals of ExoMars are to search for signs of past life on Mars, investigate how the Martian water and geochemical environment varies, investigate ...
.
The Landers' mission was to take pictures of the landing site and explore Mars' internal surface and atmosphere. Each of the four landers was to carry instruments for the following measurements:
* Seismometer, IPG, France
* Panoramic camera,
DLR, Germany
* Atmospheric sensors,
FMI, Finland
* Atmospheric electricity sensor, CETP, France
* geodesic and ionospheric measurements, GRGS, France
* Soil properties measurements,
University of Münster
The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 43,000 students and over ...
, Germany
* Ground Penetrating Radar, CETP, France
*
Magnetometer
A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetic field or magnetic dipole moment. Different types of magnetometers measure the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a particular location. A compass is one such device, o ...
, CETP, France
* Microphone,
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
, USA
The Orbiter's mission was to take pictures from orbit, explore Mars' atmosphere and relay information and images from the Netlanders.
The
MetNet
Mars MetNet is a planned atmospheric science mission to Mars, initiated by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and under development by Finland, Russia and Spain. By September 2013, two flight-capable entry, descent and landing systems (ED ...
multi-lander mission to Mars is based on the legacy of NetLander.
MetNet
Mars MetNet is a planned atmospheric science mission to Mars, initiated by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and under development by Finland, Russia and Spain. By September 2013, two flight-capable entry, descent and landing systems (ED ...
is scheduled for launches in 2011–2019.
The NetLander design has been examined as the basis for a small Solar System body lander, such as a comet.
Ulamec & Biele - From the Rosetta Lander Philae to an Asteroid Hipper: Lander concepts for small bodies missions
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References
See also
*ExoMars
ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) is an astrobiology programme of the European Space Agency (ESA).
The goals of ExoMars are to search for signs of past life on Mars, investigate how the Martian water and geochemical environment varies, investigate ...
(Europes big Mars mission in the 2010s)
Missions to Mars
Cancelled spacecraft
European Space Agency space probes
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