Completion of TIRI Flight Spare Development and Contribution to the RAMSES Mission
In September 2026, the manufacturing and environmental testing of the Flight Spare (FS) model of the Thermal Infrared Imager (TIRI) were successfully completed, marking the completion of the TIRI FS development program (Figure 1).The FS is built to the same design as the Proto-Flight Model (PFM) currently onboard the Hera spacecraft. Initially, the FS was intended to serve as a ground-based reference unit for verification and validation activities during the Hera mission. However, it has now been selected for contribution to the RAMSES (Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety) asteroid exploration mission, a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and JAXA. Figure 1. The Flight Spare (FS) of the Thermal Infrared Imager (TIRI) Before shipment of the FS, […]
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