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Cobham Mission Systems’ pyrovalves power precision landing of NASA Perseverance rover on Mars – Geospatial World
Cobham Mission Systems, the world’s leader in critical control solutions, today announced that its space pyrotechnic valves on the NASA Perseverance rover mission…
Cobham Mission Systems, the worlds leader in critical control solutions, today announced that its space pyrotechnic valves on the NASA Perseverance rover mission enabled an historically precise landing on Mars. During the final minute of the flight, as the rover shifted from parachute to retrorockets to control the descent, eight pyrovalves fired precisely on cue. Opening instantaneously, the pyrovalves allowed exactly the fuel required to support a guided entry, descent and landing on Mars, which…
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