Cargo

Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer

MAPS (Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer) · Science · Southwest Research Institute · 5.0 kg

SwRI MAPS combined ion and electron spectrometer on the Lunar Vertex lander measures solar-wind plasma that reaches the surface inside the Reiner Gamma mini-magnetosphere.

Flight

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Builders

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)Southwest Research Institute

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratorySouthwest Research Institute

NASASouthwest Research Institute

Lunar OutpostSouthwest Research Institute

Canadensys AerospaceSouthwest Research Institute

RedwireSouthwest Research Institute

Jobs

MAPS ion/electron spectrometer (SwRI · Lunar Vertex)

Southwest Research Institute Magnetic Anomaly Plasma Spectrometer on the Lunar Vertex lander at Reiner Gamma. · Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)

Lunar Vertex (LVx) suite - JHU APL

Johns Hopkins APL Lunar Vertex (LVx) magnetic anomaly / Reiner Gamma science suite on IM-3 CP-11. · Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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Sources

swri.org