On March 18, 2011, the Messenger spacecraft became the first or orbit the planet Mercury. Amptek is proud to be part of the mission, supplying hyrbid preamplifiers for the various scientific instruments on board.
Instrument Description.
The Energetic Particle Spectrometer EPPS/EPS. There are 24 A250F preamplifiers circling the detector. Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins Univsersity.