PanCam

Not to be confused with Pancam, the panoramic cameras mounted on NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers.
PanCam
OperatorEuropean Space Agency
ManufacturerESA
Instrument typemultispectral imaging
Functionnavigation and science
Mission duration≥ 7 months[1]
WebsiteExoMars Rover Instrument Suite
Properties
Mass2.13 kg
Power consumption9.2 W
Host spacecraft
SpacecraftRosalind Franklin rover
OperatorESA/Roscosmos
Launch dateAugust–October 2022[2]
RocketProton-M/Briz-M
Launch siteBaikonur

The PanCam (Panoramic Camera) assembly is a set of two wide angle cameras for multi-spectral stereoscopic panoramic imaging, and a high resolution camera for colour imaging that has been designed to search for textural information or shapes that can be related to the presence of microorganisms on Mars. This camera assembly is part of the science payload on board the European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin rover,[3] tasked to search for biosignatures and biomarkers on Mars. The rover is planned to be launched in August–October 2022 and land on Mars in spring 2023.[2]

  1. ^ Vago, Jorge L.; et al. (July 2017). "Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover". Astrobiology. 17 (6–7): 471–510. Bibcode:2017AsBio..17..471V. doi:10.1089/ast.2016.1533. PMC 5685153. PMID 31067287.
  2. ^ a b "N° 6–2020: ExoMars to take off for the Red Planet in 2022" (Press release). ESA. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. ^ Howell, Elizabeth (July 24, 2018). "ExoMars: Searching for Life on Mars". Space.com. Retrieved March 13, 2020.