Perseverance Launch & Cruise |
Perseverance Launch & Cruise |
Jul 22 2020, 06:29 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Word today that the MMRTG has been installed on the rover, so seems like a good time to start the launch thread. Launch currently scheduled for 30 Jul, 2-hr window opening at 1150 GMT.
GO PERSEVERANCE!!! -------------------- 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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Aug 14 2020, 01:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 8-June 04 Member No.: 80 |
An update from NASA's website:
Ingenuity recharges its batteries while in flight Does anyone know how Ingenuity will avoid having its landing legs land on a large rock and tilting it over? From what I understand, it doesn't have a hazard detection system. I'm guessing it will somehow know where it lifted off from and return there after the flight? |
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Aug 14 2020, 01:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2087 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Does anyone know how Ingenuity will avoid having its landing legs land on a large rock and tilting it over? From what I understand, it doesn't have a hazard detection system. I'm guessing it will somehow know where it lifted off from and return there after the flight? Pages 16 and 17 of this 2018 paper give a good description of the plan: QUOTE After landing, the rover will begin traversing to the closest ROI. On the way to the ROI, using orbital data, the rover could be directed to areas that likely meet the requirements for deploying the helicopter and flying the technology demonstration sorties. These areas would have to have low slopes and sufficient surface texture for accurate tracking by the demonstrator’s navigation filter during flight and few rocks higher than 5 cm to interfere with its landing. The rover would need to image the area being considered at higher resolution than from orbit using stereo rover Navigation camera images to determine if it meets the requirements.
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