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MGS in Trouble, Formerly: MGS in safe mode

Guest_Analyst_*	Nov 8 2006, 11:50 AM Post #1
Guests	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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djellison View Member Profile	Nov 10 2006, 04:48 PM Post #2
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	I'm not sure this should be impacting other Mars ops (it may be though...perhaps for AM DFE Uplinks?) MRO has been busy getting uplinks from the ground : CODE 0846955496:8 2006-306T17:24:38 ri2832 d:/seq/ssr_patch_load RELATV 59734C99 0846957409:8 2006-306T17:56:31 ri3294 d:/seq/d_seq_fs8477_pre_install RELATV 76DA90B4 0846962269:8 2006-306T19:17:31 ri2010 d:/seq/cmic_install_c1a RELATV EDA73776 0846962834:8 2006-306T19:26:56 ri2011 d:/seq/cmic_install_c2a RELATV 794BDE45 0846963083:8 2006-306T19:31:05 ri3295 d:/seq/d_seq_fs8477_install RELATV 20D3225E 0846963641:8 2006-306T19:40:23 ri2012 d:/seq/cmic_install_c1b RELATV 8D52E268 0846963800:8 2006-306T19:43:02 ri2833 d:/seq/ssr_patch_install RELATV 990A0299 0846964222:8 2006-306T19:50:04 ri2013 d:/seq/cmic_install_c2b RELATV F6F3EF04 0846965371:8 2006-306T20:09:13 ri3299 d:/seq/special_shr_tlm_start RELATV 71EF60E0 0846968988:8 2006-306T21:09:30 ri3296 d:/seq/d_seq_fs8477_cleanup RELATV C7D000A0 0846969171:8 2006-306T21:12:33 ri3196 d:/seq/ssr_patch_mod_checksum RELATV 866AEFC 0847057977:8 2006-307T21:52:39 ri3452 d:/seq/mcs_scan_mer_relay ABSLTE A111D834 0847058078:8 2006-307T21:54:20 ri2593 d:/seq/d_pat_fs7782_cleanup RELATV C2EEE77F 0847313015:8 2006-310T20:43:17 ri3423 d:/seq/mcs_frz_mer_relay ABSLTE FFC5C6D9 0847396357:8 2006-311T19:52:19 ri3460 d:/seq/psp_itl_init_001_1a RELATV FEEAA81F 0847402100:8 2006-311T21:28:02 ri3468 d:/seq/conjunct_deconfig RELATV DD892AFF 0847403060:8 2006-311T21:44:02 ri3466 d:/seq/marci_dma_checkout RELATV 57DBBCCB 0847500901:8 2006-313T00:54:43 ri3414 d:/seq/flat_field_cal_desat ABSLTE 671D3E49 0847501410:8 2006-313T01:03:12 ri3485 d:/seq/delete_hir_mods_lgo RELATV CC601643 0847501619:8 2006-313T01:06:41 ri3484 d:/seq/mcs_flat_field_seq ABSLTE 9E42E171 And infact - you can see a huge swathe of MGS uplinks just today... CODE mi2142 94 STLGT1 2006-314T01:41:04.8 2006-314T01:41:44.7 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T01:41:56.0 2006-314T01:42:35.9 Radiated mi2142 94 STLGT1 2006-314T02:20:25.4 2006-314T02:21:05.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T02:21:20.4 2006-314T02:22:00.3 Radiated mi2132 94 STLGT2 2006-314T03:39:15.4 2006-314T03:39:55.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T03:40:14.1 2006-314T03:40:54.0 Radiated mi2132 94 STLGT2 2006-314T04:17:58.8 2006-314T04:18:38.8 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T04:18:52.4 2006-314T04:19:32.4 Radiated mi2142 94 STLGT1 2006-314T05:36:49.8 2006-314T05:37:29.8 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T05:37:45.5 2006-314T05:38:25.4 Radiated mi2142 94 STLGT1 2006-314T06:15:39.8 2006-314T06:16:19.7 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T06:16:38.4 2006-314T06:17:18.3 Radiated mi2123 94 SRSM2N 2006-314T08:15:22.4 2006-314T08:16:02.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T08:16:31.5 2006-314T08:17:11.4 Radiated mi2142 94 STLGT1 2006-314T09:32:33.4 2006-314T09:33:13.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T09:33:56.6 2006-314T09:34:36.5 Radiated mi2142 94 STLGT1 2006-314T10:14:28.4 2006-314T10:15:08.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T10:15:48.1 2006-314T10:16:28.1 Radiated mi2132 94 STLGT2 2006-314T11:29:04.4 2006-314T11:29:44.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T11:30:22.8 2006-314T11:31:02.7 Radiated mi2132 94 STLGT2 2006-314T12:09:26.4 2006-314T12:10:06.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T12:11:10.6 2006-314T12:11:50.5 Radiated mi2142 94 STLGT1 2006-314T13:27:16.4 2006-314T13:27:56.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T13:28:39.1 2006-314T13:29:19.0 Radiated mi2142 94 STLGT1 2006-314T14:06:55.4 2006-314T14:07:35.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T14:08:27.4 2006-314T14:09:07.3 Radiated mi2132 94 STLGT2 2006-314T15:25:51.4 2006-314T15:26:31.3 Radiated mi1523 94 STRPAN 2006-314T15:26:57.3 2006-314T15:27:37.3 Radiated Mars Odyssey is also getting Uplink... CODE cn2031 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:26.8 2006-311T22:06:28.1 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:28.1 2006-311T22:06:29.5 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:29.5 2006-311T22:06:30.8 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:30.8 2006-311T22:06:32.1 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:32.1 2006-311T22:06:33.4 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:33.4 2006-311T22:06:34.7 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:34.7 2006-311T22:06:36.0 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:36.0 2006-311T22:06:36.3 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_COPY 2006-311T22:06:36.6 2006-311T22:06:37.1 Radiated cn2031 53 FILE_DELETE 2006-311T22:06:37.1 2006-311T22:06:37.5 Radiated cn2031 53 THEMIS_FILE_LOAD 2006-311T22:06:37.5 2006-311T22:06:37.8 Radiated ce2632 53 FSW_OBJ_INITIAL 2006-312T09:07:04.6 2006-312T09:07:05.1 Radiated ce2632 53 FSW_OBJ_INITIAL 2006-312T15:40:39.2 2006-312T15:40:39.8 Radiated ce2629 53 FSW_OBJ_INITIAL 2006-312T18:44:48.6 2006-312T18:44:49.1 Radiated ce2632 53 FSW_OBJ_INITIAL 2006-312T19:33:54.6 2006-312T19:33:55.1 Radiated ce2634 53 FSW_OBJ_INITIAL 2006-312T22:31:37.8 2006-312T22:31:38.4 Radiated ce2632 53 FSW_OBJ_INITIAL 2006-313T07:46:20.5 2006-313T07:46:21.1 Radiated ce2632 53 FSW_OBJ_INITIAL 2006-314T13:47:52.5 2006-314T13:47:53.1 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-314T13:54:31.2 2006-314T13:54:32.5 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-314T13:54:32.5 2006-314T13:54:33.8 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-314T13:54:33.8 2006-314T13:54:35.1 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-314T13:54:35.1 2006-314T13:54:36.4 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-314T13:54:36.4 2006-314T13:54:37.7 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-314T13:54:37.7 2006-314T13:54:39.1 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-314T13:54:39.1 2006-314T13:54:40.4 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_LOAD 2006-314T13:54:40.4 2006-314T13:54:41.6 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_COPY 2006-314T13:54:41.9 2006-314T13:54:42.4 Radiated cn2032 53 FILE_DELETE 2006-314T13:54:42.4 2006-314T13:54:42.8 Radiated Today is 2006-314 (currently 16:48) Several uplinks have been sent to MGS..I've found what they are by googling around a little STLGT1 : Swith to Low Gain Antenna 1 for Transmit. STRPAN : Turn TWTA beam on STLGT2 : Switch to LGA 2 for Transmit. The fact that they cycle through them again and again is perhaps suggestive that they're not getting anything sensible back? Doug

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Analyst MGS in Trouble Nov 8 2006, 11:50 AM

PhilCo126 Well losing it wouldn't be good for the alread... Nov 9 2006, 07:52 PM

tuvas QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Nov 9 2006, 12:52 PM) ... Nov 9 2006, 07:59 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (tuvas @ Nov 9 2006, 11:59 AM) I wo... Nov 9 2006, 09:07 PM

tedstryk It would be a real loss to have this happen now. ... Nov 9 2006, 09:41 PM

Sunspot http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn10...mars-... Nov 9 2006, 11:44 PM

djellison Well - it would be a very cool picture from HiRISE... Nov 9 2006, 11:55 PM

lyford Or this could all be a plot to get an orbital port... Nov 10 2006, 01:20 AM

tuvas I'm impressed with this news source, after hea... Nov 10 2006, 01:47 AM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (tuvas @ Nov 9 2006, 05:47 PM) We... Nov 10 2006, 04:04 AM

tuvas QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 9 2006, 09:04 PM... Nov 10 2006, 05:54 AM

elakdawalla Indeed it has been done -- one of the many landmar... Nov 10 2006, 02:29 AM

Analyst Better see a mission end this way than by a shorta... Nov 10 2006, 07:42 AM

slinted To head off any freak-out about the potential impa... Nov 10 2006, 11:30 AM

djellison As I understand it - relays are JUST Odyssey now a... Nov 10 2006, 12:37 PM

volcanopele QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 10 2006, 05:37 AM)... Nov 10 2006, 04:05 PM

djellison Oh boy.....and we thought Jason hated Mars before.... Nov 10 2006, 04:09 PM

ugordan Please don't tell me the Cassini periapsis dat... Nov 10 2006, 04:10 PM

volcanopele QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 10 2006, 09:10 AM) P... Nov 10 2006, 04:23 PM

ugordan QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 10 2006, 05:23 P... Nov 10 2006, 04:57 PM

volcanopele QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 10 2006, 09:57 AM) ... Nov 10 2006, 05:25 PM

nprev QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 10 2006, 09:25 A... Nov 10 2006, 05:36 PM

djellison I'm sure somewhere someone's thinking ... Nov 10 2006, 04:13 PM

nprev So no news from the Canberra pass? Nov 10 2006, 04:15 PM

Sunspot Maybe that's why there hasn't been any new... Nov 10 2006, 04:33 PM

djellison I'm not sure this should be impacting other Ma... Nov 10 2006, 04:48 PM

Analyst If I remember correctly they can communicate with ... Nov 10 2006, 05:33 PM

ugordan QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 10 2006, 05:13 PM)... Nov 10 2006, 05:41 PM

volcanopele yeah, there are contingency plans (woohoo for that... Nov 10 2006, 05:50 PM

djellison CODE mi2128 94 SRSWTB 2006-314T17:31:14.4... Nov 10 2006, 07:58 PM

Analyst SWTB - Solar Array Wing tip brake? SR - Switch ...... Nov 10 2006, 08:41 PM

djellison Just for fun, probably highly inaccurate...if they... Nov 10 2006, 08:45 PM

akuo You have to remember, MGS might be out of HiRise... Nov 10 2006, 09:18 PM

djellison Two more of whatever those things were...followed ... Nov 10 2006, 10:57 PM

tuvas Doug, Where do you get that kind of info? Just cu... Nov 10 2006, 11:38 PM

jamescanvin Have we gone past the 7 days out of contact yet? ... Nov 10 2006, 11:50 PM

djellison http://mgsw3.jpl.nasa.gov/seq/MGS/rad/MGSradiation... Nov 10 2006, 11:53 PM

Bubbinski Does this "radiation log" mean MGS is st... Nov 11 2006, 06:03 AM

djellison It doesn't really tell us anything to be hones... Nov 11 2006, 07:51 AM

Analyst It's only guessing, and I guess they have not ... Nov 11 2006, 08:45 AM

djellison Well - we've had this loop of 5 commands CODE... Nov 11 2006, 01:58 PM

Analyst There are small variations in this 5 command patte... Nov 11 2006, 05:02 PM

Bubbinski Yikes...thanks for the answers. Guess we'll b... Nov 11 2006, 06:35 PM

djellison My best efforts in understanding what the sequence... Nov 11 2006, 06:36 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 11 2006, 11:36 AM)... Nov 12 2006, 03:16 AM

ElkGroveDan Thanks for weighing in Mike. Anything you can sha... Nov 12 2006, 03:58 AM

climber I think I get the point from Mike and had not doub... Nov 12 2006, 10:46 AM

djellison Well - reading the logs from overnight - there wer... Nov 12 2006, 10:59 AM

diane Keeping in mind that SOHO was out of service for m... Nov 12 2006, 02:01 PM

Norm Hartnett QUOTE (diane @ Nov 12 2006, 06:01 AM) Kee... Nov 12 2006, 11:45 PM

djellison Well - no updates to the log for 14 hours....most ... Nov 12 2006, 06:14 PM

Sunspot Maybe they don't want people to know what they... Nov 12 2006, 06:27 PM

djellison Well - I found http://mgsw3.jpl.nasa.gov/seq/ whic... Nov 12 2006, 06:37 PM

nprev Just out of curiosity, what is MGS' consumable... Nov 12 2006, 10:44 PM

djellison http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/lofiver...x.php... Nov 12 2006, 11:04 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 12 2006, 04:04 PM)... Nov 13 2006, 01:03 AM

nprev Much better than I'd hoped....thanks, Doug... Nov 12 2006, 11:25 PM

nprev Hmm...okay, thanks very much for the elucidation, ... Nov 13 2006, 01:54 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 12 2006, 06:54 PM) Is ... Nov 13 2006, 03:01 AM

nprev I see. That sounds like a potentially much more se... Nov 13 2006, 07:04 AM

djellison Well - reading the logs for MODY and MRO - I think... Nov 13 2006, 06:38 PM

Sunspot Still no contact yet http://space.newscientist.co... Nov 14 2006, 01:47 AM

Rakhir QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 14 2006, 04:47 AM) S... Nov 14 2006, 01:54 PM

nprev Whoa! Now there's a powerful means of hope... Nov 14 2006, 02:02 AM

Stu Typical. Frakking typical! For years we... Nov 14 2006, 06:46 AM

paxdan QUOTE (Stu @ Nov 14 2006, 06:46 AM) Typic... Nov 14 2006, 08:47 AM

Borek QUOTE (Stu @ Nov 14 2006, 07:46 AM) Typic... Nov 14 2006, 11:45 AM

Stu QUOTE (Borek @ Nov 14 2006, 11:45 AM) You... Nov 14 2006, 02:31 PM

Sunspot If they do manage to recover it, I doubt it will m... Nov 14 2006, 02:37 PM

djellison Calm down boys....calm down. Anyway - back to th... Nov 14 2006, 02:39 PM

Analyst QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 14 2006, 03:39 PM)... Nov 14 2006, 03:14 PM

jaredGalen Using the UHF, is it to try and send something fro... Nov 14 2006, 03:38 PM

djellison The thinking behind it is probably like this : We... Nov 14 2006, 03:34 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 14 2006, 07:34 AM)... Nov 14 2006, 04:14 PM

Marz QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 14 2006, 10:14 A... Nov 14 2006, 04:33 PM

Stu QUOTE (Marz @ Nov 14 2006, 04:33 PM) Yeah... Nov 14 2006, 04:37 PM

djellison QUOTE (Marz @ Nov 14 2006, 04:33 PM) Mayb... Nov 14 2006, 04:52 PM

nprev QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 14 2006, 08:52 AM)... Nov 15 2006, 12:06 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 14 2006, 04:06 PM) Not... Nov 15 2006, 12:31 AM

djellison No - we'd have to use the DSN to command MGS t... Nov 14 2006, 04:02 PM

Analyst QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 14 2006, 04:34 PM)... Nov 14 2006, 04:07 PM

tuvas Let me just pipe in and say from what I've bee... Nov 14 2006, 04:12 PM

elakdawalla See also my notes from the Bob Preston talk at las... Nov 14 2006, 05:05 PM

djellison "Spitzer, which trails Earth in its orbit, no... Nov 14 2006, 05:19 PM

odave While I'm very concerned about MGS, I'm no... Nov 14 2006, 05:19 PM

Sunspot http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/061114_mgs_mr... Nov 14 2006, 05:53 PM

MarkL It's like losing an old friend. I remember wa... Nov 14 2006, 07:25 PM

tuvas I should also add in that if this process can be a... Nov 14 2006, 09:13 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (tuvas @ Nov 14 2006, 01:13 PM) I s... Nov 14 2006, 10:24 PM

ugordan One thing Emily pointed out in her blog is that th... Nov 14 2006, 10:44 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 14 2006, 02:44 PM) H... Nov 14 2006, 11:09 PM

RichardLeis QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 14 2006, 03:24 PM... Nov 15 2006, 02:30 AM

mcaplinger QUOTE (RichardLeis @ Nov 14 2006, 06:30 P... Nov 15 2006, 03:47 AM

tuvas QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 14 2006, 08:47 PM... Nov 15 2006, 04:11 AM

Decepticon I was hoping they would use the last part of this ... Nov 14 2006, 09:49 PM

climber If I understood it right they're doing a kinda... Nov 14 2006, 11:07 PM

djellison "We'll use HiRISE on Friday" "W... Nov 14 2006, 11:21 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 14 2006, 03:21 PM)... Nov 14 2006, 11:44 PM

RichardLeis QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 14 2006, 04:21 PM)... Nov 15 2006, 02:36 AM

nprev Good questions. I'm not sure if it would be fe... Nov 15 2006, 01:18 AM

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