SERENA science Performance Report for ISRR

Abstract

This document is requested by the ESA Science Working Team. It is a presentation of the SERENA scientific requirements and performances. It describes the current assessed performance of the instrument according to its scientific requirements and proves by analysis or test that the current proposed design will meet the science requirements. It is submitted on regular basis at every project review, that is, Instrument Science Requirement Review (ISRR), Instrument Preliminary Design Review (IPDR), Electric/Structural/Thermal Model (EM/STM), Instrument Critical Design Review (ICDR), Instrument Qualification Review (IQR) and Flight Model (FM). During the development of the instrument this document will support the monitoring of the performance according to the latest design proved and validated by further analysis and calibration results (Detectors Units, Pre-Calibration and, finally Ground Calibration). The definition of the scientific performance requirements follows the BepiColombo AO [AD 2] and the agreed values are given in the SERENA NPA-IS EID-B [AD 3]. The SWT led by the BC Project Scientist will support the SERENA Project Team in all scientifically relevant questions and design options. In Section 2 the instrument scientific objectives are described together with the scientific requirements. In Section 3 the instrument parameters of each SERENA unit derived from the scientific requirement are defined. In Section 4, the list of actual instrument parameters, the design ranges and the methods of verification are given. In Section 5 the calibration tests are summarized.