MetNet

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MetNet

Organization	Finnish Meteorological Institute
Mission type	Multi-lander network
Launch date	2009-2019
Launch vehicle	Soyuz launch vehicle / Volna

MetNet is an atmospheric science mission to Mars, initiated and defined by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The mission includes sending several tens of MetNet Landers (MNL) on the Martian surface. The objective is to establish a wide-spread surface observation network in Mars to investigate the planet's atmospheric structure, physics and meteorology.

1 Status
2 Precursory Mission
3 Development
4 References
5 External Links

[edit] Status

A suborbital testflight using a Russian SS-19 missile is under preparation and scheduled for 2008^[1]. A precursory mission with 1-2 landers will follow in 2009/2011^[2]. More landers will be deployed in the following launch windows extending up to 2019^[3].

[edit] Precursory Mission

The Precursory Mission includes 1-2 MetNet Landers being sent to Mars. It is scheduled for 2009/2011. Two premilinary delivery concepts have been investigated^[4]:

1. Piggyback delivery attached to the Russian Phobos Grunt Sample Return mission.
2. Dedicated launch using the Russian Volna — a converted Submarine/Sea-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM).

[edit] Development

MetNet is a "successor" of the NetLander Mission's atmospheric leg. It is also continuance of the Russian Mars 96 mission. MetNet development has been going on since 2001.

MetNet is being developed by a consortium consisting of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (Mission Lead), Babakin Space Center (Systems Lead) and Russian Space Research Institute (Payload Lead, in cooperation with the FMI).

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

v • d • e Spacecraft missions to Mars

Flybys	Mariner 4 · 6 · 7 · Mars 4 · Rosetta · Dawn

Orbiters	Mariner 9 · Mars 2 · 3 · 5 · 6 · Viking 1 · 2 · Phobos 2 · Mars Global Surveyor · 2001 Mars Odyssey · Mars Express Orbiter · Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Landers / Rovers	Mars 3 · Viking 1 · 2 · Mars Pathfinder · Spirit · Opportunity · Phoenix

Future missions	Mars Science Laboratory (2009) · Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1 (2009) · MetNet (2009-2019) · Mars Scout (2013) · Mars Science and Telecommunications Orbiter (2013) · ExoMars (2013) · Astrobiology Field Laboratory (2016) · Mars Sample Return Mission (2024?)

See also	Mars · Exploration · Colonization · Failed Mars missions

Bold italics indicates active missions