L3Harris Technologies to Provide Critical Communications Link in NASA’s Mars Rover Exploration Mission
17 February 2021 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Highlights:
- Will connect rover with overhead orbiters for important
communications link
- Enables controllers to issue instructions and receive
feedback
- Highlights 20-year legacy providing data transmission for every
rover mission since 2001
L3Harris Technologies’ (NYSE:LHX) avionics and communications
technology will provide a critical link that enables NASA to
control the Perseverance Rover when it lands on Mars and throughout
its 10-year life expectancy.
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L3Harris communications technology will
transmit data to and from the Perseverance Rover through relay
orbiters that then provide a communications link with NASA
controllers on Earth from up to 250 million miles away. (Photo:
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L3Harris communications technology will transmit data to and
from Perseverance through relay orbiters that then provide a
communications link with NASA controllers on Earth from up to 250
million miles away. The controllers will use both critical links to
send instructions and receive data, imagery and other feedback from
Perseverance.
“The rover will capture and transmit an unprecedented volume and
the highest-quality images of the Mars surface via L3Harris’
transceivers to the overhead orbiters,” said Sean Stackley,
President, Integrated Mission Systems, L3Harris. “This volume of
transmission requires the significant bandwidth our transceivers
provide, while adhering to stringent size, weight and energy
constraints. Perseverance will operate in an extremely harsh
environment for more than a decade, requiring our most hardened,
durable and proven solutions. This is another great example of
L3Harris driving innovation fast forward.”
L3Harris innovation has played a critical role in space
initiatives for more than 60 years. The company has supported
NASA’s Mars exploration for two decades – including the Spirit,
Opportunity, Curiosity and Perseverance vehicles. Perseverance, the
most sophisticated rover yet, launched seven months ago on United
Launch Alliance’s two-stage Atlas V-541 launch vehicle for a
mission expected to last one Martian year – about 687 Earth
days.
L3Harris technology has been onboard numerous NASA programs –
from early spacecraft and continuing through the Mercury, Gemini,
Apollo, Space Shuttle, International Space Station and previous
Mars missions. L3Harris has supported deep space exploration with
work on the Hubble Space Telescope and now the James Webb and Roman
space telescopes. In addition, the company supports space-based
weather forecasting on U.S. and international satellites and has
navigation technology on every U.S. GPS satellite.
L3Harris.com/space.
About L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense
technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet
customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced
defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space
and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual
revenue and 48,000 employees, with customers in more than 100
countries. L3Harris.com.
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