Telops world-class expertise in calibration and algorithms is presently at use in the NASA mission Mars Exploration Rover. This mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Primary among the mission's scientific goals is to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on Mars.
It is the Arizona State University that has in fact build upon Telops' expertise in Fourier-Transform Spectrometer to improve the calibration algorithms used by the Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) on the Mars Exploration Rover spacecraft.
The Mini-TES, an instrument carried by the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, characterizes the martian terrain by seeing infrared radiation emitted by objects. The instrument will also look skyward to provide temperature profiles of the Martian atmosphere. The experts at Telops have worked at the development of innovative ways to process the data sent by the 2 rovers.
Telops is recognized internationally for its state-of-the-art results in optics for remote sensing and telecommunications sectors.