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Mars Pathfinder Update - October 7, 1997
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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Mars Pathfinder Mission Status
October 7, 1997
The Mars Pathfinder operations team reestablished
communications with the lander today, on Sol 92 of the mission,
after four days of silence from the spacecraft. The team received
a transmission from the spacecraft's main transmitter. The signal
was detected using the Madrid, Spain 34-meter antenna.
No data was received, but receipt of a spacecraft signal
indicates that the lander is operational and the battery is off-
line. Meanwhile, the rover, which is programmed to begin a
contingency sequence when it has not heard from the lander for
five days, started that activity on Sol 90. In this mode of
operation, the rover is instructed to return to the lander and
begin circling it.
The Mars Pathfinder operations team will repeat commands
tomorrow night, on Sol 93, to verify two-way communications with
the lander's main transmitter and attempt to return engineering
data on the health of the lander and rover. If successful, that
information would be returned the following day, on Sol 94 of the
mission.
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