SpaceElectro-optic Mission Payloads From design to manufacturing and testing of optical payloads, mastering
optics, focal plane assembly, electronics and precision mechanics, Galileo
Avionica has developed a unique competence in mission payloads with outstanding
performance, for a high quality observation of the Earth and of far and faint
space objects. Starting with the design and assembly of the hyper-spectral
instrument GOME for the ESA ERS-2 mission, Galileo Avionica has developed
state-of-the-art spectrometers and hyper-spectral cameras for the observation
of the Earth, planets and comets. Other scientific payloads for space missions
include instruments for planetary in-situ analysis and micro-gravity
facilities.  | VIRTIS - Visible InfraRed Thermal Imaging Spectrometer Imaging spectrometer for remote sensing in the visible to mid-infrared
bands. Selected by ESA as an orbiter payload for the Venus Express mission and
for the Rosetta mission to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. A VIRTIS-like
product has been developed for the NASA DAWN discovery mission under an ASI-JPL
agreement. VIRTIS combines a high-resolution VIS and IR imaging in the 0.25 to
5 µm range at moderate spectral resolution (VIRTIS-M channel), developed
in-house, and a high resolution spectroscope in the 2 to 5 µm range (VIRTIS-H
channel). Galileo Avionica led the system engineering, integration and testing
of the whole instrument.
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 | GOME - Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment Optical spectrometer in the UV band designed to measure daily total ozone
column content and vertical ozone profile in the atmosphere, detecting other
minor atmospheric components. The data delivered by GOME is assembled in
monthly and seasonal maps of ozone distribution which contribute to the
forecast of long term evolution of the atmosphere. GOME will be deployed on all
METOP satellites of the Eumetsat Polar System (EPS). |
 | GIADA - Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator Multi sensor equipment designed to measure the physical properties of the
cometary dust (number of particles, their mass and speed) by means of optical
systems and piezoelectric transducers (microbalances). GIADA is part of the
Rosetta mission payload to study the comet dust flux evolution and grain
dynamic properties. |
 | VIMS - Visible InfraRed Mapping Spectrometer Remote sensing instrument developed for ASI as part of the Italian
contribution to the NASA Cassini mission. VIMS is installed on the Cassini
Orbiter: its primary scientific objective is to provide two dimensional,
multispectral, high resolution images for the detailed study of the composition
and structure of Saturn ring system and atmosphere. |
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