Instruments

Orbiter

HRSC (High Resolution Stereo Camera), German-led project; developed for the Mars-96 mission.
MaRS (Mars Radio Science Experiment), German-led project: Study of the atmosphere, surface and gravitation
PFS (Planetary Fourier Spectrometer), Italian-led project; German participation: Infrared spectrometer for the investigation of the atmosphere
ASPERA (Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms), Swedish-led project: Analysis of the reciprocal effect of the Mars atmosphere with the interplanetary medium
MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding), Italian-led project: Investigation of the Martian soil depth and also the upper atmosphere
OMEGA (Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l’Eau, les Glaces et l’Activité), French-led project; developed for the Mars-96 mission: Infrared spectrometer for the investigation of the surface composition
SPICAM (Spectroscopic Investigation of the Atmosphere of Mars), developed for the Rosetta mission: Ultraviolet spectrometer for the investigation of the atmosphere.

Lander (lost December 2003)