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SSTL selected for first private Mars mission

Guilford, UK - The study will provide the technical specifications for a communications satellite that will be launched in 2018

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected to carry out a concept study to develop an interplanetary communications system for Mars One, the privately funded project to establish a human settlement on Mars. During the course of the study, SSTL will analyse the mission requirements and concept design for communications satellites in a Mars synchronous orbit that would provide the back-bone...

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Rome, Italy, 12/11/2013 12:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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