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MEX VMC - Back on, and online! |
Aug 22 2008, 01:58 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I heard about this 24 hours ago, and couldn't believe it - this is EXACTLY what has been missing from ESA. MASSIVE kudos to the ESOC MEX flight ops team for doing it
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/VMC/index.html The last time I wrote a post and hit 'submit' at UMSF with a smile this big on my face, was when Oppy successfully got out of Purgatory. |
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Nov 27 2009, 04:04 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
You might want to do a little filtering now. This is a GIMP unsharp mask, radius 40, amount 0.7. Note that this is the only working wide-field camera at Mars until MRO gets fixed. Cool, I'll try that out next, thanks for the suggestion. Given its status as the only wide-field camera at Mars, is there something Mars Express could be doing with this camera that would actually have some value for weather monitoring, despite its limitations? --Emily -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Nov 27 2009, 05:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Given its status as the only wide-field camera at Mars, is there something Mars Express could be doing with this camera that would actually have some value for weather monitoring, despite its limitations? I don't know enough about the particulars of when VMC can be operated relative to the eccentric orbit of MEx to know how close to global coverage it could get. It'd be interesting to see these images map-projected. I expect dust storms could be tracked, at least large ones. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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