| Title: |
The M-MATISSE mission: Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space weather SciencE. An ESA Medium class (M7) candidate in Phase-A. |
| Authors: |
Sanchez-Cano, Beatriz; Leblanc, François; Andrews, David; Ohlsson, Dan; Futaana, Yoshifumi; Plaschke, Ferdinand; De Keyser, Johan; Rothkaehl, Hanna; Pisa, David; Nemec, Frantisek; Henri, Pierre; Štverák, Štěpán; Colin, Fabrice; Shimoyama, Manabu; Vallieres, Xavier; Verscharen, Daniel; Modolo, Ronan; Devoto, Pierre; Coates, Andrew; Andre, Nicolas; D'Amicis, Raffaella; Prech, Lubomir; Nenon, Quentin; Thornhill, Julian; Hampson, Richard; Cheney, Andrew; Jones, Matthew; Narasimha Swamy, Bhargav; Berthomier, Matthieu; Mangano, Valeria; Guignan, Gabriel; Milillo, Anna; Mayall, Adam; Thomas, Vincent; Hadid, Lina; Aizawa, Sae; Raines, Jim; Laky, Gunter; Liemohn, Michael; Yokota, Shoichiro; Giono, Gabriel; Roussos, Elias; Fraenz, Markus; Krupp, Norbert; Fische, Henning; Tuschinsky, Adrian; Meyer, Frank; Malik, Hamza; Roders, Olaf; Pätzold, Martin; Andert, Tom; Vorderobermeier, Tobias; Thiemann, Ed; Harra, Louise; Koller, Silvio; Büchel, Valeria; Nakagawa, Hiromu; Harada, Yuki; Terada, Naoki; Deighan, Justin; Schneider, Nick; Lillis, Robert J.; Jain, Sonal; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Soret, Lauriane; Yatsu, Yoichi; Garnier, Philippe; Genot, Vincent; Rouzot, Julien; Blagau, Adrian; Ciobanu, Mircea; Comi, Horia; Marghitu, Octav; Kolmasova, Ivana; Holmberg, Mika; Barczynski, Krzysztof; Tellmann, Silvia; Gonzalez Galindo, Francisco; Nakamura, Yuki |
| Contributors: |
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège |
| Source: |
EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki, Finland [FI], 7–12 September 2025 |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) |
| Subject Terms: |
M-MATISSE; Mars; mission; Physical; chemical; mathematical & earth Sciences; Space science; astronomy & astrophysics; Physique; chimie; mathématiques & sciences de la terre; Aérospatiale; astronomie & astrophysique |
| Description: |
peer reviewed ; The “Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather SciencE (M-MATISSE)” mission is an ESA Medium class (M7) candidate currently in Phase A study by the European Space Agency (ESA) (Figure 1). M-MATISSE’s main scientific goal is to unravel the complex and dynamic couplings of the Martian Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Thermosphere (M-I-T coupling) with relation to the Solar Wind (i.e. space weather) and the lower atmosphere, and the processes leading to this coupling, which are highly entangled between several regions of the system (Figure 2). The M-I-T coupling controls the dissipation of incoming energy from the solar wind, and therefore, the evolution of Mars’ atmosphere and climate (including atmospheric escape, auroral processes, and incoming radiation). Moreover, understanding the behaviour of Mars’ M-I-T system and of the chain of processes that control Space Weather and Space Climate at Mars, as well as the radiation environment, is essential for exploration as it leads to accurate Space Weather forecasts and, thus, prevents hazardous situations for spacecraft and humans.Figure 1: The “Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather SciencE (M-MATISSE)” mission is an ESA Medium class (M7) candidate.Mission goals: The mission has three main goals:Characterising the global dynamics of the M-I-T coupling by unravelling its temporal and spatial variabilities. This will be done with simultaneous observations of the solar wind (energy input) and ionosphere-magnetosphere (energy sink), and also, via investigating the coupling of the mesosphere with the ionosphere and solar energetic particles. Characterising the Radiation environment, by determining how the M-I-T absorbs the energy that reaches the planet and forecasting near-real time planetary Space Weather Characterising the Ionosphere-lower atmosphere coupling, which is a region barely explored but essential for solar energetic particles related phenomena as well as for communications in the HF wavelengths. In addition, ... |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
EPSC-DPS2025-358; https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/EPSC-DPS2025-358.html; https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/337941; info:hdl:2268/337941 |
| DOI: |
10.5194/epsc-dps2025-358 |
| Availability: |
https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/337941; https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/337941/1/EPSC-DPS2025-358-print.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-358 |
| Rights: |
open access ; http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.E0D4285D |
| Database: |
BASE |