Operational instruments during the cruise phase adapted from Hadid et al,. Front. Astron. Space Sci, 2021.

Please note that this list excludes the periods of the planetary flybys. Information regarding the planetary flybys can be found in Mangano et al., Space Sci. Rev., 2021.

 

Instrument & Information Consortium & Reference Target Sensitivity Scope
MEA1 & MEA2 (Mercury Electron Analyzer), reduced FOV MPPE (Mercury Plasma Particles Experiment). Saito et al. (2021) Low energy electrons 3 eV-26 keV MMO/Mio
HEP-e (High Energetic Particles - electrons), reduced FOV MPPE (Mercury Plasma Particles Experiment). Saito et al. (2021) High energy electrons 30 keV-700 keV MMO/Mio
MDM (Mercury Dust Monitor), reduced FOV Kobayashi et al. (2020) Impact momentum and dust particles direction   MMO/Mio
MIPA (Miniature Ion Precipitation Analyser), reduced FOV SERENA (Search for Exospheric Refilling and Emitted Natural Abundances). Orsini et al. (2021) Low energy ions 15 eV-15 keV MPO
PICAM (Planetary Ion CAMera), reduced FOV SERENA (Search for Exospheric Refilling and Emitted Natural Abundances). Orsini et al. (2021) Low energy ions 10 eV-3 keV MPO
SIXS-X, partially in the MOSIF shadow. It could face the Sun on request during specific periods SIXS (Solar Intensity X-ray and particles Spectrometer). Huovelin et al. (2020) Solar X-ray   MPO
SIXS-P, hot distributions can be detected SIXS (Solar Intensity X-ray and particles Spectrometer). Huovelin et al. (2020) High energy protons 0.33-30 MeV MPO
SIXS-P, hot distributions can be detected SIXS (Solar Intensity X-ray and particles Spectrometer). Huovelin et al. (2020) High energy electrons 50 keV-3 MeV MPO
MPO-MAG, fully operational. Heyner et al. (2021) B-field (nominal mode) ∼DC - 16 Hz MPO
MPO-MAG, fully operational. Heyner et al. (2021) B-field (reduced mode) ∼DC - 1 Hz MPO
PHEBUS (Probing of Hermean Exosphere by Ultraviolet Spectroscopy): can be operated. Quémerais et al. (2020) Far-Extreme UV 55-330 nm MPO
MERTIS (MErcury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer), fully operational. Hiesinger et al. (2020) Infrared radiation 7-14 μm MPO
BERM (BEpicolombo Radiation Monitor), fully operational. Pinto et al. (under review) High energy protons 1-200 MeV MPO
BERM, fully operational. Pinto et al. (under review) High energy electrons 0.3-10 MeV MPO
MORE (Mercury Orbiter Radio-science Experiment), fully operational. Iess et al. (2021) Radio emissions X-band and Ka-band MPO
MGNS (Mercury Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer), fully operational. Mitrofanov et al. (2021) Gamma-rays 300 keV-10 MeV MPO
MGNS, fully operational. Mitrofanov et al. (2021) Neutron flux 1 eV-10 MeV MPO
ISA (Italian Spring Accelerometer), fully operational. Santoli et al. (2020) Non-gravitational acceleration vector 3.10−5 − 10−1Hz MPO