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Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, announced that it has been selected by Inmarsat Government as a partner to develop and manufacture an L-band radio in support of NASA\u2019s Communications Services Project (CSP). CSP seeks to accelerate the development of commercial near-Earth communications services by partnering with satellite communications (SATCOM) providers. Rocket Lab will help enable Inmarsat\u2019s InCommand, a real-time, near-Earth telemetry, command, and control (TT&C) service for satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) for the CSP with the Company\u2019s new Frontier-L radio connecting to Inmarsat\u2019s ELERA global L-band network in geosynchronous orbit (GEO).<\/p>\n
As NASA prepares to decommission the agency\u2019s owned and operated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) system, which has provided communication for the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and numerous NASA\u2019s Earth-observation satellites, the CSP aims to tap into commercial satellite communications services to ensure future NASA missions have similar reliable, secure, and high-performance space relay capabilities.<\/p>\n
Rocket Lab\u2019s Frontier-L radio is a transmitter that will support Inmarsat Government\u2019s demonstrations of a variety of TT&C applications, enabled by Inmarsat\u2019s ELERA worldwide L-band network, including Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP), ubiquitous command and control, real-time tasking, and contingency operations for satellites in LEO orbits.<\/p>\n
\u201cRocket Lab and Inmarsat Government both share a culture of innovation, pioneering technology, and delivering reliable mission success, so we\u2019re honored to be working together to support NASA in this vital project to enable major missions of the future,\u201d said Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Peter Beck. \u201cWe look forward to building on the strong heritage of our Frontier radios by supporting Inmarsat\u2019s world-renowned satellite network and leading capabilities providing Satcom as a service.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frontier-L joins Rocket Lab\u2019s existing line of radios including the software-defined telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) S-band Frontier-S and X-band Frontier-X radios which can support near Earth and deep space missions. Based on the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Lab (APL) Frontier Radio, Frontier-L packs Deep Space Network (DSN) and other typical waveforms (SN, KSAT, SSC) into a compact package with up-screened commercial components for high-reliability applications. The family of Frontier by Rocket Lab radios includes extended functionality not typically available in a low-cost radio including a coherent transponder to enable radiometric navigation methods, precision timekeeping functions, forward error correction (FEC) encoding, and decoding, and a hardware-based critical command decoder (CCD).<\/p>\n
Steve Gizinski, President, of Inmarsat Government said \u201cInmarsat Government has joined the major space-based industry suppliers to demonstrate the capabilities of Inmarsat\u2019s ELERA global, reliable satellite network, including for NASA\u2019s Communications Services Project and Rocket Lab is a key partner for us. Rocket Lab\u2019s Frontier-L radio will leverage InCommand on the ELERA network as an important new capability for ubiquitous command and control to enhance the operation of low Earth orbit spacecraft. This will enable new communications services for industry and government alike.\u201d<\/p>\n
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