COTS at JPL
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COTS (commercial, off-the-shelf)↗
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Sokol, Jeff
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High Gain Antenna Gimbal for the 2003-2004 Mars Exploration Rover Program
The High Gain Antenna Assemblies built for the 2003-2004 Mars Exploration Rover (MER) missions provide the primary communication link for the Rovers once they arrive on Mars. The High Gain Antenna Gimbal (HGAG) portion of the assembly is a two-axis gimbal that provides the structural support, pointing, and tracking for the High Gain Antenna (HGA). The MER mission requirements provided some unique design challenges for the HGAG. This paper describes all the major subsystems of the HGAG that were developed to meet these challenges, and the requirements that drove their design.
Sokol, Jeff↗