The MEAP (Mars Environment Analogue Platform) mission was to fly a stratospheric balloon on a
semicircular trajectory around the North Pole in summer 2008. The balloon platform carried the
high resolution neutral gas mass spectrometer P-BACE (Polar Balloon Atmospheric Composition Experiment).
MEAP/P-BACE is a joint project between Esrange Space Center,
University of Bern and
Swedish Institute of Space Physics.
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Left: P-BACE (Polar Balloon Atmospheric Composition Experiment); right: MEAP (Mars Environment Analogue Platform)
Images: University of Bern, IRF, SSC |
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Timeline:
| 9. October 2008 | MEAP/P-BACE day at IRF-Kiruna. |
| 19. September 2008 | P-BACE returns to Bern. |
| 6. August 2008 | P-BACE returns to Esrange. |
| 5. July 2008 | Removal of solid state disks from P-BACE after recovery. |
| 3. July 2008 | Successful landing of MEAP/P-BACE at 01:10 UTC (03:10 CEST). |
| 28. June 2008 | Successful launch of MEAP/P-BACE at 05:07 UTC (07:07 CEST). |
| 18. June 2008 | Second launch attempt, launch cancelled at T-40min due to onset of rain. |
| 17. June 2008 | First launch attempt, unsuccessful due to bad weather moving in |
| 11. June 2008 | Information day at Esrange |
| 9. June 2008 | Launch window opens |
| 29. May 2008 | P-BACE incomming tests and integration of P-BACE with MEAP starts |
| 29. May 2008 | P-BACE arrives at Esrange |
| 16. May 2008 | P-BACE is shipped from Bern with destination Esrange |
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Latest update: 2008-10-14
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