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# HANKA> CubeSat Space Dust Analyser

Michaela Maleckova<fnref n="1" />, Ján Žabka<fnref n="1" />, Yllia Zymak<fnref n="1" />,<fnref n="2" />, Miroslav Polášek<fnref n="1" />, Barnabé Cherville<fnref n="1" />, Juraj Jašík<fnref n="1" />, Anatolii Spesyvyi<fnref n="1" />, Michal Lacko<fnref n="1" />, Marwa Kashkoul<fnref n="1" />, Arnaud Sanderink<fnref n="3" />,<fnref n="4" />, Markéta Nezvedová<fnref n="1" />, Nikola Sixtová<fnref n="1" />, Aleš Charvát<fnref n="5" />, and Bernd Abel<fnref n="5" />

Mass spectrometry plays an important role in advancing space exploration. It provides unique insights into the composition of space dust, micrometeorites, and particles from distant large objects and can be used both in orbit and on the surface of an asteroid.

The space instrument **HANKA** (*Hmotnostní AAnalyzér pro Kosmické Aplikace*) is a high-resolution mass spectrometer based on an electrostatic ion trap, which is a principal component of commercial instruments[1] established in biology and medicine research, the so-called Orbitrap™, and the space CosmOrbitrap prototype (developed in LPC2E Orleans[2]). **HANKA** can take this new technology into space, combining a compact CubeSat space version of this high-resolution ion trap mass analyzer with a velocity/charge detector and hypervelocity impact ionization source.

<figure><img src="image_2.png" /><figcaption>Figure 1: **HANKA** – CubeSat space version (a), laboratory prototype (b), and preliminary data from EI source(c)[3]</figcaption></figure>

Based on the results obtained from the laboratory prototype, a miniature CubeSat version of the high-resolution mass spectrometer for in-situ exploration in space will be constructed. The proposed parameters of the CubeSat module **HANKA** are:

<footnote n="1">¹J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, CAS, Dolejškova 3, 182 23 Prague, Czechia</footnote>

<footnote n="2">²ELI Beamlines, Institute of Physics, CAS, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague, Czechia</footnote>

<footnote n="3">³Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), UMR7328 CNRS/Université d'Orléans, 3A, Avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, 45071 Orléans, France</footnote>

<footnote n="4">⁴Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, FU Berlin, Malteserstraße 74□100, D□12249 Berlin, Germany</footnote>

<footnote n="5">⁵Institute of Chemical Technology and Wilhelm Ostwald-Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering, 04318 Leipzig, Germany</footnote>
> **Resolution:** up to 50 000 at m/z 200

> **Mass Range:** 2 - 3000 m/z

> **Dimension:** 200x200x100 mm (4U)

> **Weight:** < 6kg

> **Power:** 5-10 W

**Acknowledgements:** This work was supported by the Czech Science Foundation (grant No. 21-11931J)

**References**

[1] Makarov, A.; *Anal. Chem.* **2000**, *72*, 1156-1162.

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

[3] Zymak Y., Zabka J., Polášek M., et al.; *Aerospace* **2023**, *10*(6), 522.