Mars Science Laboratory
Rocketstar Robotics, an innovator in the design, analysis and manufacturer of actuators for spaceflight applications, today announced it had been awarded a contract from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California for support of mechanisms on the Mars Science Laboratory program.
JPL has requested Rocketstar Robotics provide engineering support of the MSL spacecraft design and development. The contract covers three specific areas of the MSL spacecraft including; bogey suspension system, rover descent system and the drilling and sampling system.
Rocketstar Robotics experience, particularly with JPL programs, will be invaluable to the execution of this contract.
About Rocketstar Robotics
Dedicated to providing actuators and mechanisms for spaceflight applications Rocketstar Robotics features a management and engineering team with over 70 years of experience in the design and manufacture of spacecraft motors, gearboxes, actuators and mechanisms. Rocketstar Robotics engineers have designed an unparalleled number of mechanisms for Mars applications and are experienced in an extensive range of transmission, motor, telemetry and mechanism designs.
Applications include:
• Gimbals for pointing antennas, cameras and instruments
• Solar array drives
• Deployment actuators
• Robotic manipulators
• Reaction and momentum wheels
• Filter wheels
• Sampling systems
• Aperture covers
For more information, please visit http://www.rocketstarrobotics.com.
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