Operator | ESA/Roscosmos |
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Manufacturer | Omnisys Instruments AB[1] |
Instrument type | Technology demonstration for IRSU |
Function | Habitability assessment, and harvest atmospheric water on Mars |
Mission duration | Planned: ≥ 1 Earth year[2] |
Host spacecraft | |
Spacecraft | Kazachok |
Operator | ESA & Roscosmos |
Launch date | 2028[3] |
Rocket | Proton-M/Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur |
Habitability, Brine Irradiation and Temperature (HABIT) is an instrument designed to harvest water from the Mars atmosphere, an experiment that might pave the way to future water farms on Mars.[4] As part of ESA's ExoMars-2 mission,[2] the instrument was planned to be placed on board the Kazachok lander.[5] The launch of ExoMars-2 has been postponed to 2028.[3]