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CPU. Mongoose-V was developed by Synova of

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Goddard Space Flight Center. The Mongoose-V processor first flew on NASA's

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(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 requires 5 volts and is packaged into a 256-pin ceramic quad flatpack ( CQFP). Examples of spacecraft that use the Mongoose-V include: * Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) * NASA's Microwave Anisotropy Probe (

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), launched in June 2001, carried a Mongoose-V flight computer similar to that on EO-1. * NASA's Space Technology 5 series of microsatellites *

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Mongoose-V product page
at Synova's website Avionics computers MIPS implementations Radiation-hardened microprocessors New Horizons {{microcompu-stub

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