ExoMars Magnetometry Support for PDR Phase

欧洲航天局的ExoMars任务将登陆火星表面。除了各种仪器和一辆探测车外，着陆器上的一套仪器还将对环境的物理特性进行调查，包括大气和地下测量。包括在这个包是有史以来第一个磁场实验放置在表面，以调查太阳的超音速风与行星大气的相互作用，并利用磁探技术来调查地下层，包括任何永久冻土。帝国理工学院将在其最先进的srif资助的校准设施中校准该磁力计，在磁力计的机载软件中发挥主导作用，并在准备和利用数据方面发挥积极作用。英国团队包括来自莱斯特大学和GEOSPACE机构联盟（爱丁堡大学牵头，与英国地质调查局、利兹大学、利物浦大学一起）的成员，他们支持由哥本哈根的丹麦国家空间中心建造的磁力计。目前的提案将支持仪器团队为2008年底进行的初步设计审查做准备，通过提供软件需求文件，验证程序和校准设备的能力，以处理符合行星保护要求的磁力计。此外，还需要少量支持，以便联合王国小组为任务的下一阶段做好准备。

The European Space Agency's ExoMars mission will land on the surface of Mars. In addition to various instruments and a rover vehicle targeting the possibility of life and the surface geology, a suite of instruments located on the lander will conduct investigations into the physics of the environment, including both atmospheric and sub-surface measurements. Included in this package is the first ever magnetic field experiment to be placed on the surface in order to investigate the interaction of the Sun's supersonic wind with the planetary atmosphere, and to utilise magnetic sounding techniques to investigate the sub-surface layers including any permafrost. Imperial College will calibrate this magnetometer in its state-of-the-art SRIF-funded calibration facility, play a leading role in the onboard software for the magnetometer, and play an active role in the preparation for and exploitation of the data. The UK team includes members from Leicester University and from the GEOSPACE consortium of institutions (University of Edinburgh, lead, together with the British Geological Survey, Leeds Univeristy, Liverpool University) in support of the magnetometer to be constructed by the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen.The present proposal will support the instrument team's preparation for the Preliminary Design Review to be conducted toward the end of 2008 through provision of a Software Requirements Document, verification of the procedures and capability of the calibration facility to handle the magnetometer consistent with Planetary Protection requirements. Additionally, a small amount of support is required to prepare the UK team for the next phases of the mission.