SMARA (spacecraft)
SMARA (SMAll Reconnaissance of Atmospheres) is a proposed mission concept to the planet
megabits of data after all.[2] The mission is named after the wind borne fruit released by maple trees.[3]
Instruments
Much smaller probes, made possible by the miniaturization of electronics,
Galileo probe, which dived into Jupiter in 1995, had no camera, so the swarm of microprobes would represent the first look at Jupiter with a resolution greater than 15 kilometers per pixel.[3][4]
Sciences
It is believed that the Jovian atmosphere could be a historical record for celestial objects that vaporize in its atmosphere, providing data about the composition of the
planets in the Solar System, it can help experts better understand flow dynamics, cloud microphysics and radiative transfer under conditions far different than those on Earth.[5]
References
- ^ Brabaw, Kasandra (February 18, 2015). "Tiny Microprobes Could Explore Jupiter's Atmosphere By 2030". Space.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ Pop, Sebastian (January 27, 2015). "A Swarm of Microprobes Preparing for Launch to Jupiter". Softpedia News.
- ^ a b "Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter". ScienceDaily. January 26, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ^ "Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter". EurekAlert!. January 26, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ Bednar, Chuck (January 27, 2015). "Studying Jupiter's atmosphere with cube satellites". RedOrbit.