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Amptek Preamplifiers Land on Mars onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit! (1/3/04) And onboard the Opportunity! (1/24/04)

Sunday, January 25, 2004

Amptek charge sensitive preamplifiers land on Mars on January 3 and 24, 2004. Amptek salutes the Spirit/Opportunity team for a successful trip and landing and is proud to be part of this mission. Amptek’s charge sensitive preamplifiers A250 and A225 are used on the various instruments onboard the Spirit/Opportunity.

This is the second and third trip to Mars for Amptek technology. The first was the Pathfinder mission in 1997.

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