Troubles with MRO |
Troubles with MRO |
Feb 8 2007, 08:35 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 10-February 05 Member No.: 166 |
I've just received e-mail from NASA News about MRO being expected to reach the milestone of collecting more data then any other spacecraft. Unfortunately, the mail also mentions troubles with HiRISE and MCS:
QUOTE In late November 2006, the spacecraft team operating the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter noticed a significant increase in noise, such as bad pixels, in one of its 14 camera detector pairs. Another detector that developed the same problem soon after launch has worsened. Images from the spacecraft camera last month revealed the first signs of this problem in five other detectors. While the current impact on image quality is small, there is concern as to whether the problem will continue to worsen. In-flight data show that more warming of the camera’s electronics before taking an image reduces or eliminates the problem. The imaging team aims to understand the root cause of the worsening over time and to determine the best operational procedures to maximize the long-term science benefits. The camera continues to make observations and is returning excellent images of the Martian surface. The second instrument concern aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is related to an instrument designed to routinely scan from the surface across the atmosphere above Mars' horizon. The Mars Climate Sounder maps the temperature, ice clouds and dust distributions in the atmosphere on each of nearly 13 orbits every day. In late December, the sounder appeared to skip steps occasionally, so that its field of view was slightly out of position. Following uplink of new scan tables to the instrument, the position errors stopped and the instrument operated nominally. In mid-January, the position errors reappeared. Although still intermittent, the errors became more frequent, so the instrument has been temporarily stowed while the science team investigates the problem. -Borek |
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Feb 8 2007, 11:17 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
as discussed here
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=3885 Look before you post. Thread closed. |
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