Perseverance Launch & Cruise |
Perseverance Launch & Cruise |
Jul 22 2020, 06:29 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Word today that the MMRTG has been installed on the rover, so seems like a good time to start the launch thread. Launch currently scheduled for 30 Jul, 2-hr window opening at 1150 GMT.
GO PERSEVERANCE!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 30 2020, 04:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
Emily Lakdawalla has noted that she has not yet been able to get detailed information about Perseverance’s additional EDL cameras.
https://twitter.com/elakdawalla/status/1288650896495144960 Matt Wallace just said that the new EDL cameras are ruggedized versions of standard 1080p cameras, and that they will capture, among other things, images of the parachute filling and of the descent engines blasting. He also mentioned that JPL was goaded into increasing the number of EDL cameras from watching beautiful videos of boosters separating from launch vehicles. |
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Jul 30 2020, 06:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
Emily Lakdawalla has noted that she has not yet been able to get detailed information about Perseverance’s additional EDL cameras. https://twitter.com/elakdawalla/status/1288650896495144960 Matt Wallace just said that the new EDL cameras are ruggedized versions of standard 1080p cameras, and that they will capture, among other things, images of the parachute filling and of the descent engines blasting. He also mentioned that JPL was goaded into increasing the number of EDL cameras from watching beautiful videos of boosters separating from launch vehicles. Been wondering when that issue was going to come out. Those special issues for missions have been my go to place for instrument descriptions for, I think, decades now. -------------------- |
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Jul 30 2020, 09:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Been wondering when [the M2020 special issue of SSR] was going to come out. The MSL special issue didn't come out until a month or so after MSL landed, and I wouldn't expect anything faster with this one. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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