June 24, 2009
Quintron Systems Supports Recent ULA Atlas V Mission for NASA with Launch Communications Systems
Quintron Systems, Inc., the recognized leader in advanced interoperable voice systems and physical access control/intrusion detection systems, Quintron Systems, Inc. (www.quintron.com), the recognized leader in advanced interoperable voice systems and physical access control/intrusion detection systems, is pleased to announce that it supplied several of the critical communications systems for the recent Atlas V launch operations, including a DICES III system in use since 2000, a DICES IV upgrade/expansion in use since 2007, and a DICES VoIP system just installed.
“The utilization of our DICES product lines over the years for both Atlas and Delta United Launch Alliance operations on both coasts is a wonderful tribute to the success of the basic design philosophies and on-going customer support the Quintron team reliably provides to these critical operations,” said David Wilhite, Vice President and General Manager at Quintron. “In fact, the very latest installation for Atlas, the DICES VoIP system, now offers the ability to extend mission audio services throughout the entire ULA company structure, since it seamlessly operates across all internet protocol (IP) infrastructure with just a small client application downloaded onto existing user computers and workstations.”
The Atlas V rocket successfully placed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) missions on their proper trajectories to the moon. These missions have vastly different methods to study the lunar environment and are both components of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program operated by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. LRO is operated by NASA’s Goddard Space Center and will go into orbit around the moon, turning its suite of instruments towards the moon for thorough studies of surface conditions, in part scouting for favorable landing sites for future manned missions. There are seven total instruments on-board the LRO, including one from the Institute for Space Research in Moscow. LCROSS, operated by NASA’s Ames Research Center, is looking for evidence of buried frozen water in the permanently dark floor of the moon’s poles. A heavy impactor will be sent into a selected polar crater later this year and instruments on-board LCROSS will study the resulting plume of material for water and other potentially useful content. The LCROSS spacecraft will create a secondary impact plume several minutes later. Both plumes will be analyzed for water content by earth and space based instruments, including those on LRO.
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For over 38 years, Quintron has provided high technology and cost effective solutions to government and industry in support of mission critical communications and security requirements for command and control applications. No other company offers the depth of expertise found at Quintron in fault tolerant, interoperable communications, and security systems. In addition to providing advanced products and systems, Quintron's professional technical services capability provides a superior level of customer satisfaction. Quintron's engineering services provide off-the-shelf or customized engineering solutions to solve the toughest of challenges facing customers. Find out more about Quintron at www.quintron.com or by calling 805.928.4343.