Opportunity's New Software Working Fine

MARSDAILY

Opportunity's New Software Working Fine - sol 1811-1817

File image

by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2009
Opportunity continues to exhibit elevated motor current in the drive actuator of the right-front wheel. To mitigate this, the rover has been driving backward.

This week, Opportunity built and booted new flight software, version R9.3. After a build activity on Sol 1811 (Feb. 26, 2009), Opportunity booted onto the R9.3 flight software on Sol 1814 (March 1, 2009). The new software has been working fine.

Opportunity drove more than 56 meters (184 feet) the sol before the boot and drove again for about 40 meters (131 feet) on Sol 1816 (March 3,

2009) , two sols after the boot. The team is considering resting the right-front drive actuator in coming sols as a way to further mitigate the elevated motor current.

As of Sol 1817 (March 4, 2009), the solar array energy production is 488 watt-hours, down by 20 watt-hours from a week earlier. Atmospheric opacity (tau) has increased a little to 0.710. The dust factor on the solar array is 0.576, meaning that 57.6 percent of sunlight hitting the solar array penetrates the layer of accumulated dust on the array. The rover is in good health using its new flight software.

As of Sol 1816 (March 3, 2009), Opportunity's total odometry is 14,834.38 meters (9.22 miles).

Share This Article With Planet Earth

del.icio.us Digg Reddit

YahooMyWeb Google Facebook

Related Links
Mars Rovers
Mars News and Information at MarsDaily.com
Lunar Dreams and more

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

MARSDAILY

Spirit Makes Slight Progress on New Route - sol 1831-1837

Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2009
After initially making good progress on a new route around "Home Plate" to the east, Spirit has been struggling in local terrain on the northeast corner of Home Plate.

NUCLEAR SPACE Nuclear Power In Space - Part 2 Nuclear Power In Space Outside View: Nuclear future in space	MOON DAILY Third Meeting Of ISECG Help To Define A Lunar Lander What Is The Story Behind The Dark Side Of The Moon Obama's First Budget Backs Core Lunar 2.0 Goals
SPACE TRAVEL Alien Safari Part 5: Alien Vs Predator Ares Super-Chute Iranian President Declares His Country A Space And Nuclear Power Forum To Explore Why We Should Go To Moon And Mars	OUTER PLANETS New Horizons Detects Neptune's Moon Triton The Lower Atmosphere Of Pluto Revealed NASA And ESA Prioritise Outer Planet Missions New Horizon Cruising For Three Years On Route To Pluto
JOVIAN DREAMS Underwater Clues To Alien Life Surviving Jovian Doses Of Radiation Hubble Catches Jupiter's Largest Moon Going To The Dark Side Unmasking Europa	VENUSIAN HEAT Watching Venus Glow In The Dark Venus Comes To Life At Wavelengths Invisible To Human Eyes Venus Express Searching For Life On Earth How Windy Is It On Venus
SATURN DAILY Cassini Swaps Thrusters Cassini switches to backup thrusters Newfound Moon May Be Source Of Outer Saturn Ring The Dunes Of Titan	TECH SPACE CombiMatrix Receives New Contract From NASA NEWSKY Communication Network Presented For The First Time SSTL Delivers On Russian KANOPUS Missions Engineers Crack Ceramics Production Obstacle

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement