MGS in Trouble, Formerly: MGS in safe mode |
MGS in Trouble, Formerly: MGS in safe mode |
Guest_Analyst_* |
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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Guest_Analyst_* |
Nov 10 2006, 05:33 PM
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If I remember correctly they can communicate with more than one spacecraft at Mars using the same DSN dish because the antenna beam covers the whole Mars disk and beyond.
As for Cassini: It is a normal procedure that a spacecraft emergency gets priority over normal (Cassini) operations. The same about primary vs. extended missions and manned vs. unmanned missions. It's the way it should be. If they have exhausted their options, MGS is declared lost, not before. Analyst |
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Nov 10 2006, 05:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
I'm sure somewhere someone's thinking "well - that makes us even for when Cassini took our DSN time when it had a problem" Touche! It is a normal procedure that a spacecraft emergency gets priority over normal (Cassini) operations. The same about primary vs. extended missions and manned vs. unmanned missions. It's the way it should be. If they have exhausted their options, MGS is declared lost, not before. Oh, I'm perfectly aware of that and I'm not bitchslapping the DSN network for choosing recovery over data playback. It's just that it seemed to happen after a more interesting periapsis pass for Cassini that I find an unlucky coincidence. Unlucky coincidences are what I hate. -------------------- |
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