Rocketstar Robotics Awarded $200k Contract for Mechanisms Design on Mars Science Laboratory by JPL

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.
By: Douglas Petercsak / Rocketstar Robotics
 
Aug. 5, 2007 - PRLog -- 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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Rocketstar Robotics is a California corporation that develops actuators and mechanisms for spaceflight applications.

Website: www.rocketstarrobotics.com
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Source:Douglas Petercsak / Rocketstar Robotics
Email:Contact Author
Zip:93010
Location:California - United States



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