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The '''Mongoose-V''' [[32-bit]] [[microprocessor]] for [[spacecraft]] onboard computer applications is a [[radiation hardening|radiation-hardened]] and expanded 10–15 [[megahertz|MHz]] version of the [[MIPS architecture|MIPS R3000]] [[central processing unit|CPU]]. The Mongoose was developed by Synova, Inc. of [[Melbourne, Florida|Melbourne]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]], with support from the [[NASA]] [[Goddard Space Flight Center]]. |
The '''Mongoose-V''' [[32-bit]] [[microprocessor]] for [[spacecraft]] onboard computer applications is a [[radiation hardening|radiation-hardened]] and expanded 10–15 [[megahertz|MHz]] version of the [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]] [[R3000]] [[central processing unit|CPU]]. The Mongoose was developed by Synova, Inc. of [[Melbourne, Florida|Melbourne]], [[Florida]], [[United States|USA]], with support from the [[NASA]] [[Goddard Space Flight Center]]. |
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The Mongoose-V processor first flew on NASA's Earth Observer 1 (EO-1) satellite launched in November 2000 where it functioned as the main flight computer. A second Mongoose-V controlled the satellite's solid-state data recorder. |
The Mongoose-V processor first flew on NASA's Earth Observer 1 (EO-1) satellite launched in November 2000 where it functioned as the main flight computer. A second Mongoose-V controlled the satellite's solid-state data recorder. |
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Revision as of 08:58, 27 June 2010
The Mongoose-V 32-bit microprocessor for spacecraft onboard computer applications is a radiation-hardened and expanded 10–15 MHz version of the MIPS R3000 CPU. The Mongoose was developed by Synova, Inc. of Melbourne, Florida, USA, with support from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
The Mongoose-V processor first flew on NASA's Earth Observer 1 (EO-1) satellite launched in November 2000 where it functioned as the main flight computer. A second Mongoose-V controlled the satellite's solid-state data recorder.
Example spacecraft that use the Mongoose-V include:
- Earth Observer 1 (EO-1)
- NASA's Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP), launched in June 2001, carried a Mongoose-V flight computer similar to that on EO-1.
- NASA's Space Technology 5 series of microsatellites
- CONTOUR
- TIMED
- Pluto probe New Horizons
External links
- Mongoose-V product page – At Synova's website
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