Hamilton Sundstrand to Provide Key Technology for Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

Source URL: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15412
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/312

When NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Sept. 20 it had selected Northrop Grumman to co-design the proposed Prometheus 1 spacecraft for the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission, it was very good news for Hamilton Sundstrand. JIMO would be the first mission in NASA's Project Prometheus.

Hamilton Sundstrand is partnered with Northrop Grumman to provide technology development for several critical systems for the spacecraft, which would orbit the three planet-sized moons of Jupiter. Scheduled to launch no earlier than 2015, JIMO would be the first NASA mission to use nuclear electric propulsion.

---

Print this page

Visit Air-Attack.com for more military aviation and defense industry news