The Venus Emissivity Mapper (VEM): instrument design and development for VERITAS and EnVision
We report on the current Venus Emissivity Mapper (VEM) instrument design and development status onboard NASAs Venus Emissivity, Radio science, InSAR, Topography, And Spectroscopy (VERITAS) and ESAs EnVision orbiters. The VEM instrument is a push broom multispectral imager that comprises an optical system based on a sophisticated filter assembly with 14 spectral bands and an InGaAs detector with integrated thermoelectric cooler. A turn window mechanism and a two-staged baffle in front of the optics protect the instrument against contamination and straylight. The instruments nominal mass is approximately 6 kg. VEM opens the path for mapping Venus surface emission with a global coverage of >70%.
Authors
- Jérôme Carron
- Carlos Arcos Carrasco
- Emmanuel Marcq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1924-641X)
- Jean-Michel Réess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5394-197X)
- Yaquelin Miriam Rosas Ortiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8464-4397)
- Claas Ziemke
- G. Peter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6101-2513)
- Simone Del Togno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1728-1078)
- J. Helbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-9505)
- Thomas Säuberlich
- Sergio Rufini Mastropasqua
- Till Hagelschuer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9834-8675)
- Patrick Dern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5089-2375)
- Ingo Walter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-1521)
- Horst-Georg Lötzke
- Giulia Alemanno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7232-2047)
- Martin Pertenaïs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2174-117X)
- Karsten Westerdorff
- Séverine Robert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7445-3027)
- Ann Carine Vandaele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8940-9301)
- Alexander Fitzner
- Andreas Pohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5091-6476)
- B. Ulmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6877-0273)
- Dennis Wendler
- Emanuel Kopp
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Centre National d'Études Spatiales (FR)
- Observatoire de Paris (FR)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (FR)
- Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique (FR)
- Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales (FR)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3028082
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.99