The MMX InfraRed Spectrometer (MIRS) for the spectral characterization of the Martian system

Abstract MIRS (MMX InfraRed Spectrometer) is a push-broom imaging spectrometer onboard of the JAXA sample return MMX mission. It has been built by the French laboratory LESIA, today LIRA (Laboratory for Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics) of Paris Observatory-PSL in collaboration with five other French laboratories, collaboration and financial support of CNES and close collaboration with JAXA and MELCO. MIRS, designed to accomplish the MMX scientific objectives, has been built to be adapted on MMX Exploration Module. MIRS will remotely observe the Martian system for three years. MIRS will observe Phobos, Deimos and Mars in the spectral range 0.9–3.6 µm to characterize surface composition of the satellites and investigate Martian atmospheric variations. An overview of the MIRS Flight Model is presented as well as the data processing and the expected results.

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Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
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2025-08-19
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00746-y
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Abstract MIRS (MMX InfraRed Spectrometer) is a push-broom imaging spectrometer onboard of the JAXA sample return MMX mission. It has been built by the French laboratory LESIA, today LIRA (Laboratory for Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics) of Paris Observatory-PSL in collaboration with five other French laboratories, collaboration and financial support of CNES and close collaboration with JAXA and MELCO. MIRS, designed to accomplish the MMX scientific objectives, has been built to be adapted on MMX Exploration Module. MIRS will remotely observe the Martian system for three years. MIRS will observe Phobos, Deimos and Mars in the spectral range 0.9–3.6 µm to characterize surface composition of the satellites and investigate Martian atmospheric variations. An overview of the MIRS Flight Model is presented as well as the data processing and the expected results.

Progress in Earth and Planetary ScienceVol. 12(1)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (JP), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Rikkyo University (JP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR), Institut de physique du globe de Paris (FR), Université de Bordeaux (FR), Maebashi Institute of Technology (JP), Hokkaido Information University (JP), Kyoto Sangyo University (JP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR), Université Paris Cité (FR), Centre National d'Études Spatiales (FR), Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory (IT), Sorbonne Université (FR), Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR), Tohoku University Hospital (JP), Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (FR), National Sagamihara Hospital (JP), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (FR), Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (FR), Laboratory Colloïdes et Matériaux Divisés (FR), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences (FR), Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales (FR), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (JP), The University of Tokyo (JP), Université Grenoble Alpes (FR), Nantes Université (FR)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Observatoire de Paris, Université de Recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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