Mars2020 landing cameras |
Mars2020 landing cameras |
Jun 15 2016, 10:19 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 7-January 13 Member No.: 6834 |
I am so enthusiastic about the (proposed) Mars2020 camera suite during EDL, as presented today at IPPW:
- 3 PointGrey Chameleon 3 that will be on the skycrane and look up, to monitor parachute deployment at 150 fps. - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the skycrane, looking down to monitor the rover descent and landing - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the rover, looking up to monitor the skycrane and fly-away - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the rover, looking down like MARDI did on Curiosity - MARDI, of course. All GoPro have microphone that will be activated, and have been tested successfully in the proper thermal and radiative environment. We should have some awsome footage if it actually flies. |
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Jun 22 2016, 11:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
The cameras on the descent stage will obviously need to send and store their data real-time to the rover, obviously, for transmission back to Earth after landing.
Is there any advantage to making this a wireless connection, which can then also provide video from rover release to the end of the fly-away maneuver? That could provide an initial low-level flyover of a section of the local terrain where the rover won't likely be allowed to go (contamination issues), and give more data about the entire site. Sort of a first survey along the lines of the proposed hopper-copter's aerial surveys. This could even use the same radio data channel that will later be used to connect the rover to the hopper-copter. I'm just trying to think of ways to get the maximum value out of these cameras. Besides the extreme cool factor, of course... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jul 17 2016, 11:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
The cameras on the descent stage will obviously need to send and store their data real-time to the rover, obviously, for transmission back to Earth after landing. Maybe they will just store the data on the microSD card and download it at leisure via a usb cable. -------------------- |
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Jul 18 2016, 12:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2542 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Maybe they will just store the data on the microSD card and download it at leisure via a usb cable. After the descent stage flies away? You'd need a rather long cable. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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