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Scientific objectives of the scientific equipment of the landing platform of the ExoMars-2018 mission

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The paper lists the main objectives of the scientific complex of the landing platform of the ExoMars-2018 mission. Scientific instruments of the complex are described including the meteorological complex, Fourier spectrometer, radiothermometer, Martian gas analytical complex, dust complex, seismometer, etc. The main studies and results that will be obtained using this scientific equipment are presented.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    L. M. Zelenyi, O. I. Korablev, D. S. Rodionov, B. S. Novikov, K. I. Marchenkov, O. N. Andreev & E. V. Larionov

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia

    O. I. Korablev

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Original Russian Text © L.M. Zelenyi, O.I. Korablev, D.S. Rodionov, B.S. Novikov, K.I. Marchenkov, O.N. Andreev, E.V. Larionov, 2014, published in Vestnik “NPO imeni S.A. Lavochkina”, 2014, No. 2, pp. 13–21.

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Zelenyi, L.M., Korablev, O.I., Rodionov, D.S. et al. Scientific objectives of the scientific equipment of the landing platform of the ExoMars-2018 mission. Sol Syst Res 49, 509–517 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094615070229

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