Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace Completes NISAR Reflector Preliminary Design Review
August 16 2016 - 02:00PM
Astro Aerospace, a Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) company,
has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the AstroMesh®
radar antenna reflector for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
(NISAR) satellite. The antenna reflector, furnished by Astro
Aerospace, is part of the NISAR L-band synthetic aperture radar
managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Scheduled to launch in 2021, NISAR will be the first radar
imaging satellite to use dual L-Band and S-Band frequencies,
providing an unprecedented, detailed view of Earth. NISAR is
designed to observe some of the planet's most complex processes,
including ecosystem disturbances, ice-sheet dynamics, and natural
hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides.
Data collected from NISAR will reveal information about the
evolution and state of Earth's crust, help scientists better
understand our planet's processes and changing climate, and aid
future resource and hazard management. The mission is a partnership
between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
With 100 percent on orbit success since 1958, Astro Aerospace
brings unmatched expertise in space hardware and deployable
structures to NISAR. Astro Aerospace utilizes its proprietary
AstroMesh® deployable mesh reflector for NISAR's 12-meter aperture
antenna, building an ultralight and extremely stiff reflector that
is ideally suited for high frequency communications and radar
applications.
The NISAR instrument design review represents a major program
milestone. With the preliminary design review successfully
completed, the program will move into detailed design and
fabrication.
"We are proud to support JPL and the NISAR program on this
important Earth science program," said John A. Alvarez, general
manager, Astro Aerospace. "Thank you to the entire Astro NISAR team
who worked tirelessly to ensure a successful PDR."
NISAR follows the successful engineering, deployment and spin up
of JPL's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite, launched
Jan. 31, 2015. Astro supplied the 6-meter AstroMesh® antenna for
SMAP, the largest spinning reflector ever created.
Since 1958, Astro Aerospace (www.northropgrumman.com/astro),
part of Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Products business unit, has
helped enable complex missions to Earth's orbit, Mars and beyond
with its innovative deployable space structures and mechanisms. The
business unit's products have been successfully deployed on
hundreds of space flights with a 100 percent success rate, a
testament to Northrop Grumman's commitment to reliability, quality
and
affordability.
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