In-Flight Diagnosis and Recovery Operations of the Strofio Mass Spectrometer Following the D5 Electrode Anomaly During BepiColombo Cruise Phase

In-Flight Diagnosis and Recovery Operations of the Strofio Mass Spectrometer Following the D5 Electrode Anomaly During BepiColombo Cruise Phase

During post-launch commissioning of ESA–JAXA's BepiColombo mission to Mercury, the Strofio neutral gas time-of-flight mass spectrometer aboard the Mercury Planetary Orbiter experienced an electrode voltage anomaly that threatened nominal science operations. One of the electrodes used to steer ion...