Tracking, Telemetry & Control Transponders
50+ Years Of Space Communications Success
General Dynamics has over 50 years of experience designing and manufacturing high reliability space electronics for NASA and the Department of Defense. We supply the tracking, telemetry and control (TT&C), precision navigation and timing, and crosslink equipment for missions of human space flight, near-Earth observation, lunar and deep space exploration.
Small Deep Space Transponder
The Small Deep Space Transponder (SDST), developed by General Dynamics and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a spacecraft terminal for X-Band and Ka-Band telecommunications with the NASA Deep Space Network. The transponder is currently in service on NASA's MAVEN Mission.
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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General Dynamics Mission Systems Technology Heads to Red Planet on Mars 2020 Mission
Carrying on our rich heritage of contributions to NASA missions, General Dynamics Mission Systems will provide communications technology for the space agency's next voyage to Mars with the launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
Autonomy Takes Flight: The Brains & Communications Systems Inside The New Starliner Spacecraft
General Dynamics is delivering electronic components and systems to help the Starliner fly safely into orbit and autonomously rendezvous and dock with the International Space Station, then return safely to the Earth.
General Dynamics Mission Systems Receives $731.8M 10-Year Sustainment Contract for Next-Generation Satellite Communications System
FAIRFAX, Va. – On November 8, the U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a $731.8M cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) ground system sustainment.
