LaRa

LaRa is a Belgian radio science experiment that will be placed onboard Kazachok, planned to be launched in 2022. LaRa will monitor the Doppler frequency shift of a radio... Wikipedia

  • Operator:  ESA & Roscosmos
  • Manufacturer:  Antwerp Space N.V.
  • Instrument Type:  Radio science/Transponder
  • Function:  Monitor the rotation and orientation of Mars
  • Mission duration:  Planned: ≥ 1 Earth year
  • Mass:  less than 2.2 kg
  • Dimensions:  Length: 23 cm for the transponder (7-9 cm for the antennas)
  • Power consumption:  ≈ 40 W
  • Spectral band:  X band (uplink: 7.174 GHz, downlink: 8.428 GHz)
  • Spacecraft:  Kazachok
  • Operator:  ESA & Roscosmos
  • Launch date:  August–October 2022
  • Rocket:  Proton-M/Briz-M
  • Launch Site:  Baikonur
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo
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