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MGS in Trouble, Formerly: MGS in safe mode
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post 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 smile.gifsmile.gif

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- Analyst   MGS in Trouble   Nov 8 2006, 11:50 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
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (tuvas @ Nov 15 2006, 07:16 PM) I d...   Nov 16 2006, 02:33 PM
- - 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
- - Stu   (To the tune of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably...   Nov 16 2006, 06:39 AM
- - djellison   Thanks for the heads up Emily - nice write up....I...   Nov 16 2006, 08:08 AM
- - tanjent   The solar panel trouble indications that marked th...   Nov 16 2006, 02:22 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 15 2006, 04:25 AM)...   Nov 17 2006, 07:20 AM
- - nprev   Doug's quote would make an excellent subtitle ...   Nov 17 2006, 07:42 AM
- - djellison   CODE2006-319T18:20:35 ri3500 r01st_mgs_ima...   Nov 17 2006, 09:20 PM
- - monitorlizard   Just speculation, but I always thought that ...   Nov 18 2006, 12:52 AM
- - djellison   Well - I thought that, but why would the spacecraf...   Nov 18 2006, 07:14 AM
- - tuvas   MRO is quite a smart spacecraft actually, it's...   Nov 18 2006, 07:43 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Hello. This is my first post in the forum. I...   Nov 18 2006, 08:21 AM
- - stevelu   I assume everybody's so quiet because nobody k...   Nov 18 2006, 07:04 PM
- - Stu   Welcome, Svetlio, nice to have you onboard the goo...   Nov 18 2006, 10:38 PM
- - djellison   CODE0848448837:8 2006-324T00:13:39 ri3...   Nov 20 2006, 08:16 AM
- - Sunspot   Think we're going to see any of these MGS imag...   Nov 20 2006, 10:10 AM
- - Stu   I know what you mean. No new Oppy Pancams since th...   Nov 20 2006, 10:29 AM
- - djellison   You mean HiRISE images. I would have thought the ...   Nov 20 2006, 10:35 AM
- - Sunspot   Yes, but we haven't seen anything new in nearl...   Nov 20 2006, 10:41 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 20 2006, 10:41 AM) Y...   Nov 20 2006, 11:23 AM
- - tuvas   With respect to HiRISE images, well, there should ...   Nov 20 2006, 01:51 PM
- - MarkL   I find it hard to gripe too much. The firehose is...   Nov 20 2006, 05:47 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (MarkL @ Nov 20 2006, 05:47 PM) I f...   Nov 20 2006, 11:02 PM
- - Sunspot   Nov. 20, 2006 Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarte...   Nov 20 2006, 07:50 PM
|- - tedstryk   "NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p...   Nov 20 2006, 08:34 PM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Nov 20 2006, 01:50 PM) N...   Nov 20 2006, 08:39 PM
- - elakdawalla   So much for taking time off for Thanksgiving Why...   Nov 20 2006, 09:33 PM
|- - lyford   Well, it does say "The 10-year old spacecraft...   Nov 20 2006, 09:56 PM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (lyford @ Nov 20 2006, 02:56 PM) We...   Nov 20 2006, 10:09 PM
- - djellison   No Alfred McEwen would be suggestive that there...   Nov 20 2006, 09:39 PM
- - infocat13   I remember the MER images of stars and martian moo...   Nov 21 2006, 01:59 AM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (infocat13 @ Nov 20 2006, 06:59 PM)...   Nov 21 2006, 05:28 AM
|- - infocat13   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Nov 21 2006, 01:28 A...   Nov 23 2006, 08:07 AM
- - Norm Hartnett   Apparently the wide angle shots showed something. ...   Nov 21 2006, 05:27 PM
- - CosmicRocker   This brief video file description suggests MGS is ...   Nov 21 2006, 05:59 PM
- - djellison   -Dr. Michael Meyer "We may have lost a dear o...   Nov 21 2006, 06:04 PM
- - Sunspot   Is the briefing over? EDIT....OK I found it now   Nov 21 2006, 06:07 PM
- - MizarKey   I'm so mad! Our network at work is offlim...   Nov 21 2006, 06:09 PM
- - Norm Hartnett   News Release for ongoing briefing http://www.nasa...   Nov 21 2006, 06:19 PM
- - djellison   Well - it's a bit odd that they have not found...   Nov 21 2006, 06:34 PM
- - Analyst   MGS has been the first Delta II launch I saw live ...   Nov 21 2006, 06:54 PM
- - djellison   Last question was about how many images have been ...   Nov 21 2006, 06:55 PM
- - Tom Tamlyn   Phone number for archived press conference: 866-5...   Nov 21 2006, 06:59 PM
- - djellison   Veronica Mcgregor ( Manager of the Media Relations...   Nov 21 2006, 07:02 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I was pleased to hear that they are continuing to ...   Nov 21 2006, 07:22 PM
- - Mariner9   I don't wish to sound the pessimist, but it ju...   Nov 21 2006, 07:39 PM
|- - diane   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Nov 21 2006, 02:39 PM) ...   Nov 21 2006, 07:48 PM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Nov 21 2006, 02:39 PM) ...   Nov 21 2006, 07:59 PM
- - djellison   Operating normally, it's got fuel through to b...   Nov 21 2006, 08:21 PM
- - Myran   Yes I concur with Tom and djellison, attitude fuel...   Nov 21 2006, 09:30 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Myran @ Nov 21 2006, 09:30 PM) Uly...   Nov 21 2006, 09:33 PM
- - belleraphon1   Well... what can I say if MGS is finished!? ...   Nov 22 2006, 12:44 AM
- - John Flushing   http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews....-SPAC...   Nov 22 2006, 12:49 AM
- - odave   Here's a groaner from the above Reuters articl...   Nov 22 2006, 01:57 AM
|- - tedstryk   Not to mention "Mars Global Surveyor's ca...   Nov 22 2006, 02:02 AM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Nov 21 2006, 08:02 PM) ...   Nov 22 2006, 05:07 PM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (Marz @ Nov 22 2006, 09:07 AM) 4. T...   Nov 22 2006, 07:43 PM
- - Jeff7   I wonder what kind of a run MRO is going to have? ...   Nov 22 2006, 03:34 AM
- - tuvas   It's sure to be alot. MRO returned more data i...   Nov 22 2006, 06:42 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tuvas @ Nov 22 2006, 07:42 AM) MRO...   Nov 22 2006, 08:12 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 22 2006, 01:12 AM) I...   Nov 22 2006, 01:12 PM
- - Myran   QUOTE djellison wrote That was SOHO Drat! Alw...   Nov 22 2006, 07:59 AM
- - mcaplinger   Could we move the discussion unrelated to MGS to s...   Nov 23 2006, 12:40 AM
|- - mhoward   Moved the MRO discussion to a new thread for the N...   Nov 23 2006, 12:51 AM
- - tasp   Ooooog, don't get me started on the Galileo ...   Nov 23 2006, 03:16 AM
- - Zvezdichko   Opportunity did not detect any signal from MGS on ...   Nov 24 2006, 07:23 AM
- - djellison   I wasn't hopefull of that one - that would hav...   Nov 24 2006, 07:30 AM
- - Zvezdichko   I was hopeful. A signal was received on November 5...   Nov 24 2006, 07:50 AM
- - Zvezdichko   I'm sorry for the double post ( I could just e...   Nov 27 2006, 04:20 PM
- - djellison   from http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/11/2......   Nov 27 2006, 05:29 PM
- - Sunspot   Maybe the panel broke off somehow... weird   Nov 27 2006, 05:57 PM
- - odave   Would the cracked panel yoke have given way?   Nov 27 2006, 06:15 PM
- - 4th rock from the sun   Hum... perhaps some small impact on the damaged pa...   Nov 27 2006, 06:59 PM
- - djellison   Ominous reminders of the CoNTour accident. Doug   Nov 27 2006, 07:31 PM
|- - tedstryk   MGS had solar panel gimbal problems during the ear...   Nov 28 2006, 01:00 AM
- - volcanopele   My first thought was what Sunspot was thinking... ...   Nov 27 2006, 08:51 PM
- - djellison   It would be odd for an array to have become detach...   Nov 27 2006, 09:07 PM
- - Sunspot   But IF MGS had been in the field of view of the st...   Nov 27 2006, 09:08 PM
- - djellison   MGS orbits at early-afternoon as far as the ground...   Nov 27 2006, 09:16 PM
- - elakdawalla   If Leonard David is referring to what was said in ...   Nov 27 2006, 10:03 PM
- - Analyst   If I remember correctly the reason for the beta su...   Nov 28 2006, 07:38 AM
- - odave   That's the cracked yoke I was wondering about....   Nov 28 2006, 11:44 AM
- - Rakhir   Europe joins hunt for missing Mars probe http://sp...   Nov 28 2006, 04:05 PM
- - elakdawalla   I thought I'd point out that Thorpe gave me an...   Nov 28 2006, 06:45 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Ten posts dealing with tomorrow's scheduled pr...   Dec 5 2006, 08:06 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Mars Global Surveyor: Still Silent, Yet Hope Remai...   Dec 13 2006, 12:46 AM
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