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# HANKA - cubesat space high resolution mass analyser

Jan Zabka, Miroslav Polášek, Ylja Zymak, Michal Lacko, Nikola Sixtová,
Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Arnaud Sanderink, Marwa Kashkoul

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Jan Zabka, Miroslav Polášek, Ylja Zymak, Michal Lacko, Nikola Sixtová, et al. HANKA - cubesat space high resolution mass analyser. 16th Europlanet Science Congress 2022, 2022, à renseigner, Unknown Region. 10.5194/epsc2022-875. insu-04089895

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# HANKA - cubesat space high resolution mass analyser

Jan Zabka<fnref n="1" />, Miroslav Polášek<fnref n="1" />, Ylja Zymak<fnref n="1" />,<fnref n="2" />, Michal Lacko<fnref n="1" />, Nikola Sixtová<fnref n="1" />, Jean-Pierre Lebreton<fnref n="3" />, Arnaud Sanderink<fnref n="3" />, and Marwa Kashkoul<fnref n="1" />,<fnref n="3" />

Application of mass spectrometry in the space exploration has recently become a hot topic. It can be used for the analysis of space dust, micrometeorites and particles from larger objects.

For the Czech **SLAVIA** (Space Laboratory for Advanced Variable Instruments and Applications) satellite project (expected to be launched in 2026 to the SSO 600km orbit) was designed the **HANKA** (Hmotnostný Analyzér pre Kozmické Aplikace) space instrument - a high-resolution Orbitrap-based electrostatic ion trap mass analyser. The instrument is based on a commercial mass analyser<fnref n="1" /> established in biology and medicine research, the so-called Orbitrap™ and the space CosmOrbitrap prototype (developed by LPC2E Orleans<fnref n="2" />). **HANKA** will bring this new technology into space to combine a CubeSat space version (4U) of this ion trap analyzer with an innovative in-situ hypervelocity impact ionization source for micrometeoroids.

A laboratory version of this instrument (**CIARA**) is currently under construction, where ions can be generated by three different methods:

* Photons with molecules in the liquid phase (coupled with experiment **LILBID** (Laser Induced Liquid Bead Ion Desorption))

* Electrons with molecules in the gas phase (**EI** source)

* Photons with solid-phase molecules (**MALDI** or Laser Ablation)

<figure><img src="image_5.png" /><figcaption>Fig. 1.: **HANKA** - proposal instrument, **CIARA** - laboratory prototyp, preliminary data from EI - source<fnref n="3" />
Based on the results obtained on the laboratory prototype, a CubeSat version of the high-</figcaption></figure>

<footnote n="1">¹J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS, Dolejškova 3, Prague, Czech Republic(jan.zabka@jh-inst.cas.cz)</footnote>

<footnote n="2">²ELI Beamlines, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, Prague 18221, Czech Republic</footnote>

<footnote n="3">³Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), UMR7328 CNRS/Université d'Orléans/CNES, 3A, Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans, France</footnote>
resolution space mass spectrometer - **HANKA** - will be constructed.

**References**

¹Makarov, A.; *Anal. Chem.* **2000**, *72*, 1156–1162.

²Briois C, Thissen R, Thirkell L, et al.; *Planet Space Sci.* **2016**, *131*, 33□45.

³Zymak Y. et al.; article in preparation