Run For The Hills!, The flight to Winter Quarters... |
Run For The Hills!, The flight to Winter Quarters... |
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It seems it might be time to start a post about the run to the hills... there are few days left to get Spirit to a winter-friendly spot somewhere up there - with all those tempting spots that we ~might~ be able to stop by on the way. That is - if we don't dally too long at each!
![]() A discussion of what the best spot would be, and why it would be the best spot seems in order - along with what the best targets on the way would be interesting. I'm looking forward to the possibility that we'll have a chance to see several outcrops that appear to have layers, maybe similar in some respects to HP. Or will they be? I'm also looking forward to the possibility that we might get a look from the top of these hills, off to the South as winter ends, before we descend from the hills and head to the "Promised Land." Later I'll post some snips of locations I'm hoping to see up-close... thought I'd get it done on posting - but, just had an 'emergency' that demands quick departure! ![]() |
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I read that this week Spirit would need to send back data using its high gain antenna instead of the normal relay because MRO is arriving in Mars orbit. They may be breaking the sequences up so they can download the frames individually.
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I read that this week Spirit would need to send back data using its high gain antenna instead of the normal relay because MRO is arriving in Mars orbit. They may be breaking the sequences up so they can download the frames individually. It's the other way around. UHF comms wouldnt get in the way of MRO - but DTE and DFE to the LGA or HGA have potential for cross talk with MRO. The tracking site often mistakenly repeats sequence listings - the spacecraft can manage packatising the imagery itself, there's nothing specific required to do that. Doug |
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