Some Statistics for Spirit & Oppy, As the journey continues on Mars |
Some Statistics for Spirit & Oppy, As the journey continues on Mars |
Feb 14 2012, 11:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I really like that too. I didn't read the small print but I notice that this winter looks shorter than previous ones. Is there a reason for that?
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Feb 15 2012, 07:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Great work, MoreInput!
I integrated your Oppy timeline with my full odometry (implementing Emily's corrections): -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Feb 16 2012, 12:48 AM
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wow! That's the most concise telling of her story yet!
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Feb 16 2012, 08:55 PM
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Thank dilo, for putting these two diagrams together. So they are now much more informative than they are alone.
I just corrected some errors (typos, length of winter) in the timeline diagram, and marked just the next solar conjunction far away on 18th April 2013. -------------------- Need more input ...
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Mar 2 2012, 05:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Mar 19 2012, 01:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Tomorrow, Spirit will be sitting on the surface of Mars since her landing 3000 Earth days ago. Oppy's coming along.
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Mar 30 2012, 01:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
New update shows a dramatic drop of picture rate (only 2/sol) in the last half-month! I do not have an explaination...
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Mar 30 2012, 02:14 PM
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Martian Photographer Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 183 |
FYI, the data tracking site shows an average of >20 pictures taken and >20 pictures downlinked per sol over the last 15 sols, so the problem may be elsewhere. (The exact number depends on how you define picture--I looked at total EDNs + ESFs + EFFs downlinked; and at ETHs to determine how many images were successfully acquired.)
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Mar 31 2012, 09:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Deimos, I confirm your figures looking at the picture counts from different cameras; however total counter in the upper portion of the official MER page gave me 166290 pictures on March,17 and 166320 pictures on March,30 and this imply only 2pic/day average! as additional info, this counter wasn't updated for several days before yesterday and, at this point, it seems there are problem with it!
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Apr 1 2012, 04:59 PM
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That's not a great place to pull the total number of images taken. That's the number of images taken,downlinked, piped thru the raw processing pipeline and uploaded to the JPL image page.
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May 4 2012, 07:28 AM
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Energy only update:
Consider that Oppy stopped driving when energy dropped below 300 Whr, almost 5 months ago... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jun 1 2012, 10:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jul 1 2012, 06:39 PM
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Again, a half year is over for this incredible mission. We are 8 and a half year older since landing, and getting day for day new pictures and new views of the Mars surface. Still unbelievable. It feels just so normal to get news from Mars day by day, even if it is extraordinary we don't think about it.
Just a small update from the mission timeline. I corrected the time at Greeley Haven and added the radio science Doppler campaign. So, Happy 3000 sols, Oppy! -------------------- Need more input ...
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Jul 2 2012, 04:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
On June 12th 2012, Oppy's sol 2981, the MER rovers completed the first Marathon ever roved on Mars. On that day, before Oppy's drive, total distance was 42190,36m a mere 4,64m short of the 42195m of a Marathon. She then roved another 17m to cross the boundary. For having run such a distance myself, I can tell you it's quite another achievement for our beloved friends.
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Jul 2 2012, 09:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
-------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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