Spacecraft Communications

Mission Experience

ɫ��ֱ�� has a vast and diverse history in spacecraft communications. For 20 years, every U.S. Mars rover and orbiting spacecraft mission have used ɫ��ֱ�� transceivers - including the Electra-Lite and Electra on both the current Perseverance lander and orbiting spacecraft respectively. ɫ��ֱ�� also provides the radio for NASA’s Common Communications for Visiting Vehicles (C2V2) program for the ISS. C2V2 is a program designed to provide standardized communications between the ISS and docking vehicles. The system is secure and provides reliable communications with commercial crew and other visiting vehicles. It is available for all phases of rendezvous, docking and mated operations.

Satellite over Earth. Image credit: NASA

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An illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. CREDIT: NASA

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has selected ɫ��ֱ�� Technologies to provide the latest Universal Space Transponder (UST) for the Mars Sample Return program

Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station. Credit: ESA/NASA

An illustration of the Mars rovers

An illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The illustration shows a concept for a set of future robots working together to ferry back samples from the surface of Mars collected by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech

spacecraft as it approached the International Space Station. Credit: ESA/NASA

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Building an Invisible 140,000,000-Mile Bridge

ɫ��ֱ��' legacy in space communication is built on decades of innovation and expertise. From early spacecraft missions like the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, to the Space Shuttle Program and International Space Station, our company's technology has been at the forefront of space exploration. our legacy continues today with the Electra and Electra-Lite transceivers, which are creating new frontiers and expanding humankind’s knowledge about distant planets.