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post Apr 8 2007, 11:27 AM
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http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/newsroom/.../20070327a.html

Engineers for NASA's Mars Odyssey mission are examining data from the orbiter to determine whether onboard backup systems never used by the 6-year-old spacecraft could still be available if needed.

Odyssey reported last week that a power processing component of the backup, or "B-side," systems had stopped working. The component, the high-efficiency power supply, has a twin that is continuing to serve the "A-side" hardware, which is operating normally. Odyssey has stayed on its A-side systems, including the A-side flight computer, since launch on April 7, 2001. However, the A-side power supply cannot serve most systems on the B-side, including the backup B-side computer. If engineers do not determine a way to restore the B-side power supply, most of the backup hardware would not be available, if it were ever needed.

Odyssey is in its second extended mission. The orbiter is conducting scientific observations and also serving as the primary communications relay for NASA's Mars rovers. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Odyssey Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft.


I hope Odyssey is not one failure away from another MGS-type loss because of this.
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post Oct 23 2019, 10:33 PM
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i saw this atrophied thread finally get an update and clicked in expecting the worst... but instead its yet another seemingly unbeatable milestone (unbeatable? just wait!) smile.gif
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- OWW   Odyssey mission status   Apr 8 2007, 11:27 AM
- - nprev   Sounds kind of ominous, all right. Surprised that ...   Apr 8 2007, 02:43 PM
- - Jeff7   So this sounds like kind of good bad news - bad ne...   Apr 8 2007, 04:08 PM
- - PDP8E   Odyssey Off-line Due to Glitch http://news.yahoo....   Sep 18 2007, 02:06 PM
- - Rakhir   Odyssey Returning to Service After Taking Precauti...   Sep 18 2007, 08:04 PM
- - Tesheiner   > ... to resume relaying communications from th...   Sep 19 2007, 10:06 AM
- - Astro0   We just take Odyssey for granted.But it has issues...   Mar 11 2009, 10:08 AM
- - Del Palmer   Looks like the procedure went well and redundancy ...   Mar 12 2009, 12:58 AM
|- - Nomadd22   Kinda funny that after two years of worrying about...   Apr 7 2009, 10:23 PM
- - nprev   It's the "back on again" part that...   Apr 10 2009, 04:51 AM
- - Paolo   I am trying to locate the exact date in late 2003 ...   Jan 13 2010, 09:42 PM
|- - tedstryk   I don't think that is correct. I believe it w...   Jan 15 2010, 05:50 PM
- - Paolo   From Saunders, "2001 Mars Odyssey Mission Sum...   Jan 15 2010, 06:24 PM
- - monty python   According to marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov, Odyssey wen...   Jul 22 2010, 05:50 AM
|- - Marz   Odyssey is back online after switching to a spare ...   Jun 22 2012, 04:07 PM
- - Doug M.   Hello all, New member, first post. I have a few ...   Aug 8 2012, 08:17 PM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   Doug M., welcome to the forum. Those are interes...   Aug 9 2012, 12:27 AM
|- - Doug M.   QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Aug 9 2012, 01:27 AM)...   Aug 9 2012, 07:25 AM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Aug 9 2012, 02:25 AM) Wi...   Aug 9 2012, 04:47 PM
||- - rlorenz   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Aug 9 2012, 11:47 AM)...   Nov 17 2012, 03:13 PM
||- - Doug M.   QUOTE (rlorenz @ Nov 17 2012, 05:13 PM) T...   Nov 17 2012, 04:49 PM
||- - djellison   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Nov 17 2012, 08:49 AM) I...   Nov 17 2012, 05:32 PM
|||- - Doug M.   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 17 2012, 07:32 PM)...   Nov 18 2012, 05:27 AM
||- - rlorenz   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Nov 17 2012, 11:49 AM) B...   Nov 18 2012, 04:37 AM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   Doug, QUOTE The Universe Today article is much be...   Aug 9 2012, 07:45 PM
|- - Doug M.   Emily, that's a great idea. Checking the pres...   Aug 10 2012, 10:09 AM
|- - Doug M.   QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Aug 9 2012, 09:45 PM)...   Aug 10 2012, 10:34 AM
- - elakdawalla   The reason such things aren't online is becaus...   Aug 9 2012, 06:09 PM
- - nprev   Measuring fuel levels on spacecraft is a problem c...   Sep 7 2012, 06:36 PM
- - mcaplinger   Odyssey uses ring laser gyros. From http://resear...   Nov 18 2012, 07:19 AM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 18 2012, 02:19 AM...   Nov 20 2012, 05:01 AM
- - Doug M.   Noted in passing: the 11th anniversary of Odyssey...   Mar 13 2013, 01:45 PM
- - Doug M.   And that makes a round dozen years' active mis...   Mar 10 2014, 10:38 AM
- - Doug M.   And that makes thirteen years of active mission fo...   Mar 10 2015, 09:34 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Mar 10 2015, 02:34 PM) 2...   Mar 10 2015, 10:36 PM
|- - Doug M.   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Mar 10 2015, 11:36 PM...   Mar 11 2015, 07:06 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Mar 11 2015, 12:06 AM) I...   Mar 11 2015, 02:38 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Mar 10 2015, 11:06 PM) D...   Mar 11 2015, 05:45 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 11 2015, 10:45 AM)...   Mar 11 2015, 06:00 PM
- - djellison   Especially as its instrument suite became the back...   Mar 11 2015, 12:14 AM
- - Doug M.   So: Mars Observer (1992, lost) -> Mars Global ...   Mar 11 2015, 07:41 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Mar 11 2015, 12:41 PM) M...   Mar 11 2015, 08:05 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Mar 11 2015, 12:41 PM) M...   Mar 12 2015, 03:25 AM
- - stevesliva   Given the number of missions, both orbital and lan...   Mar 11 2015, 10:47 PM
- - Explorer1   I think Doug M's original post was purely on s...   Mar 12 2015, 05:03 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 11 2015, 10:03 PM)...   Mar 12 2015, 05:07 AM
|- - mcaplinger   MGS was lost to operator error. Hopefully that le...   Mar 12 2015, 06:00 AM
- - Doug M.   And this week marks the 15th anniversary of the la...   Apr 5 2016, 07:19 AM
- - propguy   ODY is still my favorite program to have worked. ...   Apr 7 2016, 12:04 AM
- - Doug M.   Odyssey's longevity is really inspiring. That...   Jul 19 2016, 01:57 PM
- - Doug M.   Just ran across an interesting recent paper on Mar...   Aug 2 2016, 01:25 PM
- - Doug M.   ODY's 15th anniversary of entering Mars orbit ...   Dec 5 2016, 07:05 AM
|- - Doug M.   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Dec 5 2016, 08:05 AM) OD...   Nov 25 2018, 02:14 PM
|- - Doug M.   QUOTE (Doug M. @ Nov 25 2018, 03:14 PM) W...   Aug 7 2023, 08:14 PM
- - RoverDriver   There have been so many missions who depended on O...   Nov 25 2018, 08:03 PM
|- - MahFL   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Nov 25 2018, 09:03 P...   Nov 25 2018, 08:42 PM
- - RoverDriver   Yes, I meant ODY budget. Paolo   Nov 26 2018, 12:03 AM
- - Doug M.   This week marks the 18th anniversary of MODY's...   Oct 23 2019, 10:10 AM
- - atomoid   i saw this atrophied thread finally get an update ...   Oct 23 2019, 10:33 PM
- - Doug M.   It's 20 years, two months and two days since M...   Dec 26 2021, 05:49 PM
- - vjkane   The recent NASA Planetary Science Advisory Committ...   Dec 26 2021, 08:47 PM
|- - bobik   QUOTE (vjkane @ Dec 26 2021, 09:47 PM) Ma...   Dec 27 2021, 08:35 AM
- - climber   Some may think Soujouner’s circling Carl Sagan’ mo...   Aug 8 2023, 10:35 AM


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