Mars Telecommunications Orbiter Ka-band system design and operations
Gary K. Noreen, T. A. Komarek, Roger E. Diehl, Shervin Shambayati, Julian C. Breidenthal, Saturnino Lopez, Frank C. Jordan · NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 2003
NASA's Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO) will relay broadband communications from landers, rovers and spacecraft in the vicinity of Mars to Earth. This paper describes the MTO communications system and how the MTO Ka-band system will be operated.