Temperature and Winds for InSight
Temperature and Winds for InSight (TWINS) is a NASA meteorological suite of instruments on board the InSight lander that landed on Mars on 26 November 2018. TWINS provides continuous wind and air temperature measurements to help understand the seismic data from the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument. The instruments were developed by the Spanish Astrobiology Center at Madrid, Spain.
TWINS sensor | |
| Operator | NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Spanish Astrobiology Center (CSIC-INTA) |
| Instrument type | Atmospheric sensors |
| Function | Meteorology suite |
| Mission duration | 2 years (planned) |
| Began operations | 26 November 2018, 19:52:59 UTC (landing) |
| Host spacecraft | |
| Spacecraft | InSight |
| Operator | NASA / JPL |
| Launch date | 5 May 2018, 11:05 UTC |
| Rocket | Atlas V 401 |
| COSPAR ID | 2018-042A |
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