Icy ocean worlds-astrobiology research in Germany

F Klenner, M Baqué, K Beblo-Vranesevic… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Icy bodies with subsurface oceans are a prime target for astrobiology investigations, with an
increasing number of scientists participating in the planning, development, and realization of …

Moonraker: Enceladus multiple flyby mission

O Mousis, A Bouquet, Y Langevin… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, possesses an internal water ocean and jets expelling
ocean material into space. Cassini investigations indicated that the subsurface ocean could …

[HTML][HTML] In-mission synergy of science and navigation ephemeris products—Potential benefits for JUICE statistical Delta-V expenditure and beyond

J Hener, S Fayolle, D Dirkx - Planetary and Space Science, 2025 - Elsevier
In 2031 the JUICE spacecraft will perform a multi-flyby tour of the Jovian system. Next to the
radiometric tracking that is performed for navigation operations, the dedicated radio science …

Shine: Simulator for satellite on-board high-speed networks featuring spacefibre and spacewire protocols

A Leoni, P Nannipieri, D Davalle, L Fanucci, D Jameux - Aerospace, 2019 - mdpi.com
The continuous innovation of satellite payloads is leading to an increasing demand of data-
rate for on-board satellite networks. In particular, modern optical detectors generate and …

Electro-optic and radiation damage performance of the CIS115, an imaging sensor for the JANUS optical camera on-board JUICE

MR Soman, EAH Allanwood… - … Energy, Optical, and …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) has been officially adopted as the next Large class
mission by the European Space Agency, with a launch date of 2022. The science payload …

Mars surface imaging by exploiting off-nadir radar sounding data

L Carrer, F Zancanella… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radar sounder surface imaging is a rather unexplored approach to the analysis of planetary
bodies. While a radar sounder is an instrument specifically designed for subsurface …

Izy Ozeanwelten-Astrobiologieforschung in Deutschland

F Klenner, M Baqué… - … in Astronomy and …, 2024 - gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de
Icy bodies with subsurface oceans are a prime target for astrobiology investigations, with an
increasing number of scientists participating in the planning, development, and realization of …

Buto Facula, Ganymede: Palimpsest exemplar

JM Moore, OL White, DG Korycansky… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Nowhere in the solar system are impact morphologies observed in greater variety than on
the icy Galilean satellites. This is likely a consequence of the structural and thermal state of …

Proton irradiation of the CIS115 for the JUICE mission

MR Soman, EAH Allanwood… - UV/Optical/IR …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The CIS115 is one of the latest CMOS Imaging Sensors designed by e2v technologies, with
1504x2000 pixels on a 7 μm pitch. Each pixel in the array is a pinned photodiode with a 4T …

Structural-Thermal-Optical-Performance (STOP) analysis for the prediction of the line-of-sight stability of JANUS camera on board JUICE ESA mission

A Turella, V Della Corte, R Paolinetti… - Optical Modeling …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
JANUS (Jupiter Amorum ac Natorum Undique Scrutator) is a high-resolution camera to be
flown on board JUICE Spacecraft, devoted to investigate the atmosphere of Jupiter and the …