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 14 2006, 09:13 PM
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I should also add in that if this process can be accomplished, it will be extremely difficult, and thus there isn't a fixed day assigned to make the attempt to photograph MGS, only that the attempt should be made reasonably soon, but not to disturb any critical science/ Phoenix endevours.
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Nov 14 2006, 10:24 PM
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QUOTE (tuvas @ Nov 14 2006, 01:13 PM)  I should also add in that if this process can be accomplished, it will be extremely difficult... What's so difficult about it? Lookheed-Martin designs the slew and they tell you when to start imaging. At least, that's how the Odyssey image by MGS was done. Doesn't sound too hard to me. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Nov 14 2006, 10:44 PM
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One thing Emily pointed out in her blog is that the s/c has been out of contact for 9 days. Its orbit is not exactly nailed down anymore. HiRISE attempts to image the predicted locations might be futile, resulting in huge amounts of data of empty space. I'm actually pretty skeptical they'll be able to pull it off easily.
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Nov 14 2006, 11:09 PM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 14 2006, 02:44 PM) HiRISE attempts to image the predicted locations might be futile, resulting in huge amounts of data of empty space. Maybe they're planning on using some other instrument on MRO with a wider field of view first. Gee, which one could it be? 
-------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Analyst MGS in Trouble Nov 8 2006, 11:50 AM
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 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 edstrick Unless Global Surveyor's done a lot of attitud... Nov 15 2006, 10:02 AM ugordan The along-track uncertainty is likely the principa... Nov 15 2006, 10:13 AM edstrick Assuming no net thruster firings, it's a relat... Nov 15 2006, 10:21 AM djellison When I started this place a couple of years back -... Nov 15 2006, 10:25 AM ugordan A very back-of-the envelope calculation, could be ... Nov 15 2006, 10:44 AM tty QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 15 2006, 11:44 AM) N... Nov 15 2006, 07:45 PM lyford QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 15 2006, 02:25 AM)... Nov 15 2006, 04:29 PM monitorlizard To change the subject just a bit, if MGS were not ... Nov 15 2006, 01:42 PM djellison Yup - what you describe is the process of remainin... Nov 15 2006, 02:35 PM djellison All the camears in question are push broom cameras... Nov 15 2006, 08:49 PM djellison MRO has been been commanded...
2006-319T18:20:35 ... Nov 16 2006, 12:43 AM elakdawalla According to MGS Project Manager Tom Thorpe, they... Nov 16 2006, 02:37 AM tuvas QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 15 2006, 07:37 P... Nov 16 2006, 03:16 AM dvandorn Just a mild suggestion to the moderators -- perhap... Nov 16 2006, 03:35 AM jamescanvin Indeed. Done.
I was considering changing the titl... Nov 16 2006, 03:43 AM |
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