Satellite Communications on Devon Island

Communications system for the Haughton Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island. Ka-band (right) and C-band (middle) satellite terminals, the Planetary Uplink Facility (PUF) tent, and the regional medium-gain, high-power, antenna (right) for the long-range digital voice network. All sit on the Mars-like Maynard Hill near base camp, connected to camp by a road they call the “Information Superhighway”. [More About HMP]

Communications system for the Haughton Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island. Ka-band (right) and C-band (middle) satellite terminals, the Planetary Uplink Facility (PUF) tent, and the regional medium-gain, high-power, antenna (right) for the long-range digital voice network. All sit on the Mars-like Maynard Hill near base camp, connected to camp by a road they call the “Information Superhighway”. [More About HMP]