The EGSE for the DREAMS payload onboard the ExoMars 2016 space mission

Abstract

This paper describes the Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) developed for automatic tests of DREAMS (Dust characterization, Risk assessment, and Environment Analyser on the Martian Surface), that is the only surface payload package to be accommodated on the Entry, Descendent and landing Module (EDM) of the ExoMars 2016 mission to Mars, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).