The 2009 Mars Telecom Orbiter mission

Author

Franklin, Stephen F. ; Slonski, John P., Jr. ; Kerridge, S. ; Noreena, G. ; Townes, Steve ; Schwartzbaum, E. ; Synnott, Steve ; Deutsch, Miriam ; Edwards, Chad ; Devereaux, Ann ; Austin, Richard ; Edwards, Bernard ; Scozzafav, J.J. ; Boroson, Don M. ; Rob

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

6-13 March 2004

Abstract

This work provides a comprehensive overview of the proposed Mars Telecom Orbiter (MTO) mission. Launched in 2009, MTO would provide Mars-to-Earth relay services for NASA missions arriving at Mars between 2010 and 2020, enabling far higher science data return and lowering the cost for these missions. MTO also carries an optical communications payload, which demonstrates downlink bit rates from 1 Mbps up to and possible exceeding 30 Mbps. MTO also searches for the potential Mars Sample Return orbiting sample, and demonstrates this capability beforehand, using the sample canister, which it carries.

Keywords

Earth; Mars; optical communication; space communication links; space research; space vehicles; Mars Sample Return orbiting sample; Mars Telecom Orbiter mission; Mars-to-Earth relay services; NASA missions; downlink bit rates; optical communications payload; Costs; Laboratories; Laser theory; Mars; NASA; Payloads; Relays; Space vehicles; Telecommunications; UHF antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8155-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2004.1367627

Filename

1367627