MSL statistics, Odometry progress and other figures |
MSL statistics, Odometry progress and other figures |
Sep 6 2012, 05:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
After first month on Mars, I think it's time to start a topic similar to MER one...
First odometry plot to start: -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Aug 15 2013, 02:51 PM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
Understood. The 8 min pause between some steps is the DAN / RHAZ observation. It is interspersed during the drive. I did not know that the drive details were published! Yes the wheels ether are off or full speed.
Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Aug 20 2013, 04:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Aug 22 2013, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
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Aug 26 2013, 05:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Aug 28 2013, 12:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
After an "hot" summer of almost continuous roving, it's time for a resume:
in the last 6 weeks, MSL moved with an average speed of almost 33m/Sol (odometry increased by 1.34 km in 41 Sols); in this timeframe, Curiosity didn't move for 18 Sol (44% of total) while in "drive Sols" she always covered more than 25 m (58m on average). These figures are impressive if compared to first part of mission, when she covered less than 3m/Sol on average... Going to real shift, in the following picture one can see that MSL is now 1080m from "starting point" (Sol 335/336 position), so the "effective" shift was 81% of odometry due to deviations from stright line. Looking to planned routemap published yesterday, we are now 6.5 km from "entry point" at the base of Aeolis; the "rapid transit route" in the JPL image is 7.2 km long while, if we assume the previous degree of non-linearity in the path, this brings to almost 8km of additional odometry. Assuming same average velocity of last drives, this means 220-240 days to Mount Sharp; obviously, I didn't consider longer stops for geology (in particular the 5 "geology waypoints" anticipated in the article) but this delay could be compensated by the new autonomous driving software potentialities... let's see! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Aug 29 2013, 10:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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