Notes to Rover Team:
1. Sequences delivered to Sequence Flight Engineer (Kazz)
2. Rick Welch should coordinate with Greg Kazz to confirm that all sequences have been properly prepared as separate loads, and what times the sequences should be activated.
3. Also make sure that the front ramp is deployed before sequence S0009 runs at 10:35 MLST, imaging the front ramp.
4. Rover navigation images are currently scheduled for 14:29 MLST. Even if communications is reestablished, this may not be the right time (though it is probably as late as can be given the downlink window).
5. S0013 is the rover movie sequence. This should either be cancelled or coordinated with ramp egress if it occurs.
6. Sequence S0010 will image the rear ramp, and was supposed to be modified to see further to the right than the last version.
7. Several possible scenarios for rover-lander communications failure were identified. These scenarios are described in the SOL 1 downlink report. At this point, none of the scenarios seems to fully explain the observed conditions.
8. Sequence 50210T is designed as a short sequence that would reset the hold_comm parameter if executed. It would also delay the activation of the contingency mission sequences. This sequence is intended to be uplinked before Martian sunrise.
9. Sequence 50220T is a runout sequence (much longer than 50210T) that can be uplinked at a nominal time and will perform nominal overnight and runout activities.
10. If nominal communications is reestablished with the rover during the morning of SOL 2, sequence 50240T can be queued to retract the APXS and unstow the rover. This sequence combines the nominal functions of SOL 1 sequences 50130 and 50140.

• IMPLEMENTED SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES
  Rover Imaging
  1. No science images scheduled
  APXS Experiments
  1. None scheduled
  Technology Experiments
  1. MAE experiments scheduled only in sequence 50420T only, assuming that nominal communications has been reestablished

• POSTPONED SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES
  Rover Imaging
  1. None
  APXS Experiments
  1. None
  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	[1421]	lander	10	left	auto	Y	245-485	152-664
    	ACCEPTED	[1422]	lander	10	left	reuse	Y	5-245	152-664
    	ACCEPTED	[1423]	lander	10	right	auto	Y	245-485	92-604
    	ACCEPTED	[1424]	lander	10	right	reuse	Y	5-245	92-604
    	ACCEPTED	[1425]	lander	10	rear	auto	N	105-485	204-560

    
    

  • 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	186 02:10:18	[1429]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 800
    	ACCEPTED	186 02:10:22	[1430]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	186 05:15:11	[1437]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 800
    	ACCEPTED	186 05:15:15	[1438]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	187 02:49:49	[1472]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 800
    	ACCEPTED	187 02:49:53	[1473]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	187 04:53:07	[1479]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 800
    	ACCEPTED	187 04:53:11	[1480]	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

Description of Planned Rover Operations for Sol X:

The primary objective for rover operations during SOL 2 is to diagnose and correct the rover/lander communications anomaly that was first detected during SOL 1 operations. If the problem is corrected early in SOL 2, then rover standup and ramp egress will be performed.

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