MGS in Trouble, Formerly: MGS in safe mode |
MGS in Trouble, Formerly: MGS in safe mode |
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Nov 8 2006, 11:50 AM
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Did nobody notice this:
Ground Team Stays Busy on 10th Anniversary of NASA Mars Launch Ten year after launch, there is some trouble with a solar array motor and a comm problem probably resulting from this and entering safe mode. Nothing dramatic yet, but something to follow closely. There are other things than MRO and MER Analyst |
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Nov 10 2006, 12:37 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
As I understand it - relays are JUST Odyssey now and have been for a long time...i.e. MGS stopped doing relay before the first solar conjunction.
Meanwhile from New Scientist "If the spacecraft does not receive commands from Earth for seven days in a row, it is programmed to stop whatever it is doing and try to transmit a signal to Earth using its high gain antenna. This could happen at about 0014 GMT on Friday (1614 PST on Thursday), so NASA will be listening for a signal from MGS's high gain antenna at that time." http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?t...=1&showsc=1 That would have been a Canberra pass. Doug |
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Nov 10 2006, 04:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3241 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
"If the spacecraft does not receive commands from Earth for seven days in a row, it is programmed to stop whatever it is doing and try to transmit a signal to Earth using its high gain antenna. This could happen at about 0014 GMT on Friday (1614 PST on Thursday), so NASA will be listening for a signal from MGS's high gain antenna at that time." http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?t...=1&showsc=1 That would have been a Canberra pass. Doug AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! So that what my problem is!!! -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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