Spaceborne Communications and Electronics

👁 NASA Mars 2020 rover studying a Mars rock

Providing the communications link between spacecraft & earth

General Dynamics has a proud heritage of providing NASA with ground-based and spacecraft-to-spacecraft critical communications for manned and unmanned space exploration missions, ranging from near-Earth to Deep Space projects. Our technology has powered communications, telemetry, tracking and control for many of the most groundbreaking space programs, including Apollo, Voyager, the Mars Rovers, the Cassini Space Probe, the Space Shuttle, the Hubble Telescope and the International Space Station.

General Dynamics Supports Artemis I Mission Around The Moon

General Dynamics built the S-Band Transponders and emergency radios for the Orion spacecraft. When Orion’s crew makes its first trip to space, our transponders will keep the astronauts connected to mission command centers on Earth.

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Space Communications & Electronics

Browse our GPS Receivers, Mission Data Links, and APNT products.

WE’RE NOT JUST CELEBRATING HISTORY, WE’RE STILL MAKING IT.

When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, an S-Band Transponder built by General Dynamics was the only communications link the Apollo 11 Astronauts had to Earth. From Apollo 11 to the Next Giant Leap, explore how we support NASA Missions.

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