Notes to Rover Team:
1. Sequence given to flight engineer ?
2. Z accel, left and right bogies, and diff. forced failed during first move only
3. Y accel and bogie pots set to OK after turn and short move
4. Differential set good for waypoint traverse to Shark
5. Battery usage for modem heating always disabled
6. Modem heating always disabled (relying on auto modem reheat)
7. Modem reheat set to 5 minutes at times LMRE is expected to be on
8. Auto-shutdown is disabled for SOL43 for night thermal characterization
9. Shutdown power is set back to 7000 on morning of SOL44 since as no late day ops are planned for the runout
10. Wakeup time set at 08:00 to avoid battery usage
11. Sequence has runout until morning of Sol 50
12. Hold comm is enabled all day on SOL46 and SOL48 because the LMRE will not be powered ON!

• IMPLEMENTED SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES
  Rover Imaging
  1. Front imaging scheduled
  2. Stereo imaging of the rock Shark
  APXS Experiments
  1. None
  Technology Experiments
  1. MAE experiments scheduled (12:00)
  2. Soil mechanics scheduled (at end of driving)

• POSTPONED SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES
  Rover
  1. Wheelie Soil experiments
  APXS Experiments
  1. When we get to shark...
  Technology Experiments
  1. None

• EXPERIMENT OPERATIONS TEAM REQUEST LOGS
  • Rover Image Request Log

    Image Log #	Status	Command	Image Type	APID	Camera	Exposure	Compression	Rows	Columns
    	ACCEPTED	[43070]	ops	25	left	auto	N	40-215	184-369
    	ACCEPTED	[43071]	ops	25	left	auto	N	40-215	360-549
    	ACCEPTED	[43072]	ops	25	left	auto	N	40-215	540-724
    	ACCEPTED	[43073]	ops	25	left	auto	N	205-383	184-369
    	ACCEPTED	[43074]	ops	25	left	auto	N	205-383	360-549
    	ACCEPTED	[43075]	ops	25	left	auto	N	205-383	540-724
    	ACCEPTED	[43076]	ops	25	right	auto	N	40-215	44-229
    	ACCEPTED	[43077]	ops	25	right	auto	N	40-215	220-409
    	ACCEPTED	[43078]	ops	25	right	auto	N	40-215	400-584
    	ACCEPTED	[43079]	ops	25	right	auto	N	205-383	44-229
    	ACCEPTED	[43080]	ops	25	right	auto	N	205-383	220-409
    	ACCEPTED	[43081]	ops	25	right	auto	N	205-383	400-584

    
    

  • APXS Experiment Request Log

    APXS Log #	Status	Time (UTC)	Command #	APXS Command

    
    

  • MAE Experiment Request Log

    MAE Log #	Status	Time (UTC)	Command #	MAE Command
    	ACCEPTED	230 06:32:22	[43115]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 800
    	ACCEPTED	230 06:32:26	[43116]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	230 08:35:40	[43125]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 800
    	ACCEPTED	230 08:35:44	[43126]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	231 07:11:57	[43172]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 800
    	ACCEPTED	231 07:12:01	[43173]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	232 07:51:32	[43200]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 800
    	ACCEPTED	232 07:51:36	[43201]	MAE Experiment

    
    

  • WAE Experiment Request Log

    WAE Log #	Status	Time (UTC)	Command #	WAE Command

    
    

  • Soil Mechanics Experiment Request Log

    Soil Log #	Status	Time (UTC)	Command #	Soil Mechanics Command
    	ACCEPTED	230 05:24:25	[43094]	Soil Mechanics (motor:5, counts:500, cycles:6)

Description of Planned Rover Operations for Sol 44:

The Rover operations plan for Sol 44 is identical to the plan that was not executed on Sol 43. During SOL 44, the rover is scheduled to traverse toward the rock Shark, the next APXS site. The rover will initially execute a number of turns and moves, then take a pair of forward images before the final waypoint command moves it into the vicinity of Shark. If properly positioned, Sojourner will then take a stereo image of Shark, then turn in place to orient the APXS instrument in preparation for data collection. A short soil mechanics experiment will then be carried out. Two Material Adherence (MAE) experiments will also be conducted. Final placement of the APXS will await new commands from the rover team on SOL 45.

Summary of Planned Rover Activities for Sol 44:



PDT	MLST	Rover Acivity
20:58	09:31	Sequence 54410 MARS
20:58	09:31	Begin Daytime Ops Prep
21:01	09:34	BEGIN TRAVERSE OPS
21:36	10:08	Stereo image of Shark (hopefully!)
22:20	10:51	End imaging of Shark
22:25	10:56	S56 EOD imaging queued at 11:07
21:49	09:30	Expect SOL45 sequence

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