Architectural Design for a Mars Communications and Navigation Orbital Infrastructure
Mars has become the focus of an unprecedented series of missions spanning many years, involving numerous nations and evolving from robotics to humans.
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Engineering topics
Cesarone, R.
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Mars Network for Enabling Low-Cost Missions
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Telecommunications for Mars Rovers and Robotic Missions
The Mars exploration program of NASA and the international community will evolve from an early emphasis on orbital remote sensing toward in situ science activity on, or just above, the Martian surface.
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Telecommunications for Mars Rovers and Robotic Mission
The Mars exploration program of NASA and the international community will evolve from an early emphasis on orbital remote sensing toward in-situ science activity on, or just above, the Martian surface.
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Space Communications Technologies for Interstellar Missions
This paper will examine candidate communications architectures for potential intersellar missions in an effort to determine feasibility for such links and to identify likely technology advances that will be needed to support such endeavors. Examination of this challenging and futuristic communications problem may serve to guide the direction and advancement of space telecommunications technologies useful for other nearer-term applications.
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Mars Relay Satellite: Key to Enabling and Enhancing Low Cost Exploration Missions
Currently there is a renewed focus on Mars exploration both by NASA and the international community.
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Mars Relay Satellite: Key to Enabling Low-Cost Exploration Missions
Recently, there has been increasing evidence of a renewed focus on Mars exploration both by NASA and the international community. The thrust of this renewed interest appears to be manifesting itself in numerous low-cost missions employing small, light weight elements, which utilize advanced technologies including integrated microelectronics. A formidable problem facing these low-cost missions is communications with Earth. Providing adequate direct-link performance has very significant impacts on spacecraft power, pointing, mass and overall complexity. Additionally, for elements at or near the surface of Mars, there are serious connectivity constraints, especially at higher latitudes, which lose view of Earth for up to many months at a time. This paper will discuss the role a Mars relay satellite can play in enabling and enhancing low-cost missions to Mars...
Hastrup, R.↗