FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — NASA has awarded a $750,000 grant to a University of Arkansas project focused on enhancing high-data-rate communications between satellites and Earth, particularly for deep space missions.
Morgan Ware, an associate professor in the university’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will serve as the lead scientific investigator for the project. His co-investigator will be Robert Fleming at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.
If successful, the technology could significantly speed up satellite-to-satellite or deep space communications, the U of A said in a news release. According to Ware, there is a growing need for high data transfer rates from very distant systems. “Having the capability to watch pseudo-live video feed from the Mars rovers, for example, would make future explorations there significantly more productive,” he said.
To read more about the university's project, our content partner Arkansas Business has the full article here.
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