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The spacecraft and subsystem
"Beagle 2" has a deployable manipulator designed as an adjustable payload (PAW) after landing. The adjustable platform consists of a pair of stereo cameras, a microscope (6 μ m resolution), a Mossbauer spectrometer, an X-ray spectrometer, a drill and a spotlight for collecting rock samples. The rock samples are sent to the mass spectrometer by the adjustable bearing platform. The gas chromatograph (GAP) built in the lander can measure the relative proportion of different carbon isotopes. As we all know, carbon is the basic element of life, these analyses can reveal whether there are signs of life in the samples
in addition, Beagle 2 is equipped with a mole (Pluto) released by a mechanical arm, which is equipped with a compressible spring device to allow the mole to move on the surface at a speed of 20 mm per second, explore the surface, and collect soil samples under the surface with a cavity at the top. The mole was connected to the lander by cable, and the collected samples were sent back to the lander by cable. The shape of the lander looks like a very shallow bowl, 1 meter in diameter, 0.25 meters in width and 0.25 meters in depth. The outer surface of the lander is folded in the form of hinge. Inside is a UHF antenna, a 0.75 meter long robotic arm, scientific equipment, etc. The main body also includes battery, communication equipment, electronic equipment, central processing unit, heater and additional load equipment (radiation and oxidation detector), etc. The cover of the lander is four solar panels that are exposed and unfolded. The total weight of the lander was 69 kg when it was launched, but the actual landing weight was about 33.2 kg. The ground part comes from the European Space Agency, and the software core is scos2000. In order to follow the principle of low consumption, the prototype of control software comes from laptop