Mercury Systems is a technology company serving the aerospace and defense industries, acting as a manufacturer of open architecture computer hardware and software. They provide secure embedded processing modules, avionics mission computers, rugged servers, and trusted microelectronics for space applications. Mercury Systems has over 40 years of experience developing innovative, space-qualified products, including RF and microwave components, and solid-state data recorders, partnering with organizations like NASA and BlueHalo (for U.S. Space Force programs). Their products are utilized in satellite communications, launch vehicles, and programs like the Mars Rovers and EMIT.
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Giuseppe Colombo proposed using a Venus gravity-assist that enabled NASA’s 2018-03-10 to fly by Mercury three times.
In 2009 ESA approved a redesigned BepiColombo mission featuring systems optimized for the extreme temperatures near Mercury despite increased cost.
Japan-based NEC Corp. led an industrial team in building JAXA’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter.
Arianespace’s next mission after 2018-09-25 was an Ariane 5 launch of BepiColombo, a Mercury-bound spacecraft for the European and Japanese space agencies, scheduled for 2018-10-19.
Terry Virts proposed an Apollo-like model of stepping-stone missions to return to the moon, with the ISS fulfilling the Mercury role and a new program filling the role of Gemini to develop and test necessary technologies for lunar return.
Viasat’s Hybrid Adaptive Network (HAN) will provide a global, redundant system allowing the Canadian government and military to access Viasat’s Ku-band networks, Ka-band networks, and the Mercury Global Project/Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system.
The ViaSat data link was instrumental in acquiring rare infrared observations of Mercury used to attempt the first thermal images of Mercury’s night-side surface during the eclipse window.