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  • Zhou, B., Shen, S. X., Lu, W., Li, Y. X., Liu, Q., Tang, C. J., Li, S. D., and Fang, G. Y. (2020). The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission. Earth Planet. Phys., 4(4), 345–354. DOI: 10.26464/epp2020054
    Citation: Zhou, B., Shen, S. X., Lu, W., Li, Y. X., Liu, Q., Tang, C. J., Li, S. D., and Fang, G. Y. (2020). The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission. Earth Planet. Phys., 4(4), 345–354. DOI: 10.26464/epp2020054
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The Mars rover subsurface penetrating radar onboard China's Mars 2020 mission

  • China's Mars probe, named Tianwen-1, including an orbiter and a landing rover, will be launched during the July-August 2020 Mars launch windows. Selected to be among the rover payloads is a Subsurface Penetrating Radar module (RoSPR). The main scientific objective of the RoSPR is to characterize the thickness and sub-layer distribution of the Martian soil. The RoSPR consists of two channels. The low frequency channel of the RoSPR will penetrate the Martian soil to depths of 10 to 100 m with a resolution of a few meters. The higher frequency channel will penetrate to a depth of 3 to 10 m with a resolution of a few centimeters. This paper describes the design of the instrument and some results of field experiments.
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