MARSIS in one of the seven instruments of ESA Mars Express Mission
MARSIS in a multi-frequency Synthetic Radar Altimeter with around penetration capabilities
PRIMARY SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES
- To map the distribution of water, both liquid and solid, in the upper portion of the crust of Mars
SECONDARY SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES
- Mars subsurface geologic probing
- Mars surface characterization: large scale altimetry
- Mars ionosphere sounding: global measurement of the ionosphere electron density and investigation of the sun and the solar wind on the electron density
