InSight Cruise Phase, Events during Mars transit prior to EDL |
InSight Cruise Phase, Events during Mars transit prior to EDL |
May 8 2018, 05:35 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Hey again, everyone. This thread will be for discussion of anything that happens between now & landing day, currently 26 Nov US Pacific time (UTC-8 hrs during that part of the year).
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 21 2018, 03:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2430 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
Does anyone know what happens to MarCO-A & MarCO-B after they complete the communications relay of the InSight EDL data?
Is there any more science planned? Or do they simply head away from Mars basically following the cruise stage? |
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Nov 21 2018, 04:27 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Does anyone know what happens to MarCO-A & MarCO-B after they complete the communications relay of the InSight EDL data? Is there any more science planned? Or do they simply head away from Mars basically following the cruise stage? The cruise stage enters Mars and burns up (maybe a few pieces will survive to impact) MarCO A and B each get a little gravity assist that changes their trajectory - so they start getting further and further apart from one another. From an engineering perspective, I believe the intent is to keep in contact with them for as long as they hold up. At some point their prop systems will be exhausted and they'll no longer be able to maintain pointing for solar power and comms - and they'll go silent. (InSight, MarCO A and B are all in Eyes on the Solar System......there just isn't a landing module for InSight like there was for Curiosity) They have cameras. They'll be flying by Mars. Fingers crossed...there will be pics. |
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Nov 21 2018, 11:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2430 Joined: 30-January 13 From: Penang, Malaysia. Member No.: 6853 |
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Nov 22 2018, 01:49 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Nov 22 2018, 05:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
And then some...... Spoiler alert - I'm helping with planning and processing of pics from their tiny camera. Just make sure you don't get your thumb or the camera strap in the images and you should be OK. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Nov 22 2018, 05:55 PM
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And then some...... Spoiler alert - I'm helping with planning and processing of pics from their tiny camera. Trying our best to estimate reasonable exposure times in the next 48hrs before committing on Sat AM. Don't forget the switch to turn the images upside-down (somebody said on july 20th, 1969...) ;-) |
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