General Dynamics to provide communications link for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission

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General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced on Wednesday that it is providing the communications link to NASA for its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, which was launched on 18 June.

Financial details were not disclosed.

According to General Dynamics its Advanced Multi-Mode Transceivers have been specifically modified for the LRO mission. Communicating at S-Band frequencies through the NASA Ground Network and Deep Space

Network, the LRO will use General Dynamics' tranceivers to send health and status updates and receive command instructions from NASA.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems produces, operates and maintains mission systems for the space and defence industries

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