AEP Oxford development 2008/2009

AEP实验是为ExoMars着陆器选择的气象方案，该着陆器将于2013年发射。该仪器包是牛津大学和开放大学联合开发的。本提案的供资期限至2009年3月31日，期间包括仪器初步设计审查和结构热模型仪器成套设备的制造。牛津大学在该项目中的角色是开发可部署的气象围栏子系统，并集成和测试该围栏上的传感器。这将包括验证我们的设施是否适合满足行星保护法规、吊杆、执行器和布线的设计以及在我们的真空设施中对系统进行广泛的测试。牛津大学还在制造两种传感器：温度传感器和风传感器，它们将在牛津大学的火星风洞中进行测试和校准。

The AEP experiment is the meteorological package selected for the Exomars lander which is now due for launch in 2013. The instrument package is a joint development between Oxford and the Open University. This proposal is for funding until 31/3/2009, a period which covers the instrument Preliminary Design Review, and manufacture of the Structural Thermal Model instrument package. Oxford's role in the project is to develop the deployable meteorological boom sub-system and to integrate and test the sensors on this boom. This will involve verifying our facility's suitability to meet planetary protection regulations, design of the boom, actuator and wiring and extensive testing of the system in our vacuum facilities. Oxford are also fabricating two of the sensor types: the temperature sensors and the wind sensors which will be tested and calibrated in Oxford's Martian wind tunnel.