Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding

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Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) is a radar instrument designed to probe beneath the Martian surface and study its ionosphere by transmitting low-frequency radio waves from orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf planetary radar instrument
scientific instrument
spaceborne radar sounder
carriedBy Mars Express
dataType ionograms
radar echoes
designedTo probe beneath the Martian surface
study the Martian ionosphere
employsTechnique radar sounding
radio echo sounding
environmentStudied Martian ionosphere
Martian subsurface
frequencyBand HF/VHF
hostAgency European Space Agency
location onboard Mars Express orbiter
measurementType dielectric properties of Martian subsurface
ionospheric electron density
subsurface structure
missionContext Mars Express
surface form: Mars Express mission
observes ionospheric reflections at Mars
subsurface interfaces on Mars
operatesOn Mars
operator European Space Agency
orbitsIn Mars orbit
platformType orbiter instrument
primaryFunction ionosphere sounding
subsurface sounding
purpose characterize ionospheric conditions affecting radio wave propagation at Mars
investigate the presence of liquid water beneath the Martian surface
map subsurface layering on Mars
scientificDiscipline planetary geophysics
planetary science
space plasma physics
scientificGoal characterize the Martian ionosphere
detect subsurface water and ice on Mars
shortName Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding self-linksurface differs
surface form: MARSIS
spacecraft Mars Express
studies distribution of subsurface ice on Mars
structure of the Martian crust
variability of the Martian ionosphere
targetBody Mars
uses low-frequency radio waves
waveProperty low frequency
waveType radio waves

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Subject: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
Description of subject: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) is a radar instrument designed to probe beneath the Martian surface and study its ionosphere by transmitting low-frequency radio waves from orbit.

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Mars Express carriesInstrument Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
Mars Express carriesInstrument Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
this entity surface form: MARSIS
Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding shortName Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: MARSIS