Telecommunications systems evolution for Mars exploration

Noreen, Gary K.; De Paula, Ramon P.; Edwards, Charles D. Jr.; Komarek, Thomas A.; Edwards, Bernard L.; Kerrid, Stuart J.; Diehl, Roger; Franklin, Stephen F.

Telecommunications systems evolution for Mars exploration

Noreen, Gary K.; De Paula, Ramon P.; Edwards, Charles D. Jr.; Komarek, Thomas A.; Edwards, Bernard L.; Kerrid, Stuart J.; Diehl, Roger; Franklin, Stephen F.

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/40157

Date: 2003-09-29

Keywords: Mars Telecommunications Orbiter; Mars Network

Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003.

Citation: 54th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, September 29, 2003.

Abstract:

This paper describes the evolution of telecommunication systems at Mars. It reviews the telecommunications capabilities, technology and limiting factors of current and planned Mars orbiters from Mars Global Surveyor to the planned Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO)

Show full item record