Department Space Instruments
DESIS on ISS
The department Space Instruments comprises the instrument development activities which previously were distributed across several departments. Major missions with significant contributions of the institute are ESA’s planetary missions Envision, BepiColombo, CHEOPS (Characterising exoplanets satellite), PLATO (Planetary transits and oscillations of stars) and NASA`s VERITAS mission.
The department conceived and developed the MERTIS IR spectrometer for BepiColombo. It developed the radiometer for HP³ (Heat flow and Physical Properties Package 3) on NASA’s InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission and it develops significant parts of the optical sensors for ESA’s exoplanet missions CHEOPS and PLATO.
This is done in close cooperation with DLR’s Institute of Planetary Research. The department also led the development of the Earth observation spectrometer DESIS, which was launched in 2018 to the ISS. A special focus is on instrument design and on-board data processing.
Projects
Contact
Dr. David Krutz
Head of Department Space Instruments
Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
Optical Sensors and Electronics
Rutherfordstraße 2, 12489 Berlin-Adlershof
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Gisbert Peter
Head of Department Space Instruments
Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
Space Instruments
Rutherfordstraße 2, 12489 Berlin-Adlershof