{"id":3160,"date":"2021-04-27T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T08:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2021-05-25T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:06:16","slug":"public-presentation-of-m5-candidate-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/2021\/04\/27\/public-presentation-of-m5-candidate-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Public presentation of M5 candidate missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EnVision: a mission for understanding planets everywhere: from Earth, to planets, to exoplanets\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FuwMmDSVxiQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Credit: European Space Agency &#8211; VR2Planets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual public presentation of missions in competition for the ESA M5 launch opportunity took place on 29 April 2021 09:30 &#8211; 13:00 CEST, with Q&amp;A session. Further information and presentation files at: <em>&nbsp; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmos.esa.int\/web\/m5-public-presentation\/\">https:\/\/www.cosmos.esa.int\/web\/m5-public-presentation\/.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-embed-aspect-16-9\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EnVision: a  dedicated study of Venus&#039; geological activity throughout history.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-sT4ZCr4hw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>This video illustrates the deployment of payload instruments VenSAR and SRS followed by basic spacecraft operations. <em>Credit: European Space Agency &#8211; VR2Planets. <\/em><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EnVision&#8217;s coherent observing strategy is to combine observations at wavelengths from UV to radio frequency to study geological and atmospheric processes at an unprecedented scale of resolution, from the core to the upper atmosphere of Venus: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> VenSAR, a reflectarray, dual polarization S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar, will map the surface using a range of modes including imaging at spatial resolutions of 10 m to 30 m, altimetry, polarimetry (HV for the 1st time) and radiometry;<\/li><li>A Subsurface Sounding Radar (SRS) will\u00a0penetrate into the top kilometre of the subsurface,\u00a0and search for underground layering and buried boundaries;<\/li><li>Three spectrometers VenSpec-U, VenSpec-H and VenSpec-M, operating in the UV and Infrared, will map trace gases, including search for volcanic gas plumes, above and below the clouds, and map surface composition;<\/li><li>A gravity &amp; radio science investigation will use radio tracking to map the planet\u2019s gravity field, constraining internal structure, and will measure atmospheric properties through radio occultation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/2021\/04\/27\/public-presentation-of-m5-candidate-missions\/envision_short1-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2021\/05\/EnVision_Short1-1.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3187\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/2021\/04\/27\/public-presentation-of-m5-candidate-missions\/envision_short1-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-3187\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/2021\/04\/27\/public-presentation-of-m5-candidate-missions\/envision_2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2021\/05\/EnVision_2.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3188\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/2021\/04\/27\/public-presentation-of-m5-candidate-missions\/envision_2\/\" class=\"wp-image-3188\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual public presentation of missions in competition for the ESA M5 launch opportunity took place on 29 April 2021 09:30 &#8211; 13:00 CEST, with Q&amp;A session. Further information and presentation files at: &nbsp; https:\/\/www.cosmos.esa.int\/web\/m5-public-presentation\/. EnVision&#8217;s coherent observing strategy is to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/2021\/04\/27\/public-presentation-of-m5-candidate-missions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3160"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3203,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions\/3203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}