An Interplanetary and Interagency Network - Lander Communications at Mars

Reboud, Olivier; Schulster, Jonathan; Ormston, Thomas; It, Vega; Moorhouse, Alan; Schmitz, Peter; Arnold, Bradford W.; Edwards, C. D.; Ilott, Peter; Jones, Byron B.; Keuneke, Matthew S.; Kornfeld, Richard P.; Fortune, Duncan

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“…Over the past decade, an international network of Mars relay orbiters has established in situ telecommunications capabilities that have enabled greatly enhanced data return from the Martian surface [1,2], including the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers [3] and the 2007 Phoenix Lander [4]. A standardized telecommunications protocol, the CCSDS Proximity-1 Space Link Protocol [5], establishes a framework for interoperability and inter-agency crosssupport for this evolving relay network.…”

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Relay support for the Mars Science Laboratory and the coming decade of Mars relay network evolution

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et al. 2012

2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference

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In the past decade, an evolving network of Mars relay orbiters has provided telecommunication relay services to the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, and to the Mars Phoenix Lander, enabling high-bandwidth, energy-efficient data transfer and greatly increasing the volume of science data that can be returned from the Martian surface, compared to conventional direct-to-Earth links. The current relay network, consisting of NASA's Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and augmented by ESA's Mars Express Orbiter, stands ready to support the Mars Science Laboratory, scheduled to arrive at Mars on Aug 6, 2012, with new capabilities enabled by the Electra and Electra-Lite transceivers carried by MRO and MSL, respectively. The MAVEN orbiter, planned for launch in 2013, and the ExoMars/Trace Gas Orbiter, planned for launch in 2016, will replenish the on-orbit relay network as the current orbiter approach their end of life. Currently planned support scenarios for this future relay network include an ESA EDL Demonstrator Module deployed by the 2016 ExoMars/TGO orbiter, and the 2018 NASA/ESA Joint Rover, representing the first step in a multimission Mars Sample Return campaign.

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