Notes to Rover Team:
1. Note the NEW numbering convention on sequences SOL 50 and beyond! Commands start with (2)002
2. Sequence given to flight engineer Jennifer Harris
3. Drives performed sans gyro.
4. Conditional APXS night operations only if we make contact with Shark
5. No WAE in this sequence. Request rejected before we turned to Shark
6. Two modified MAE performed on SOL 52. A set of three at 12:00 and again at 14:00
7. Conditional APXS scheduled from 14:00 - 19:00 and again from 00:00 - 03:00
8. Battery usage for modem heating always disabled
9. Modem heating always disabled (relying on auto modem reheat)
10. Sequence has runout until morning of Sol 59 - no uplink on SOLs 55, 56, and 58
11. Sequence nominally aborted on Sol 53.
12. S50 should get all the (Very short) moves; S55 will show our sucessfull capture of Shark

• IMPLEMENTED SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES
  Rover Imaging
  1. Rear image of APXS deployed against Shark. Scheduled for 10:11 LST
  APXS Experiments
  1. Five hours of late afternoon APXS operations scheduled from 14:00 - 19:00 LST
  2. Three hours of night APXS operations scheduled from 00:00 - 03:00 LST
  Technology Experiments
  1. Two sets of three MAE experiments scheduled for 12:00, and 14:00 LST

• POSTPONED SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVES
  Rover
  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	[2060]	Rov Sci	25	Rear	auto	N

    
    

  • APXS Experiment Request Log

    APXS Log #	Status	Time (UTC)	Command #	APXS Command
    	ACCEPTED	239 13:55-19:01	2109-2148
    	ACCEPTED	239 00:00-03:01	2152-2165

    
    

  • MAE Experiment Request Log

    MAE Log #	Status	Time (UTC)	Command #	MAE Command
    	ACCEPTED	239 12:00	[2072]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 1250
    	ACCEPTED	239 12:00	[2073]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	239 12:01	[2075]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 1350
    	ACCEPTED	239 12:01	[2076]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	239 12:02	[2078]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 1500
    	ACCEPTED	239 12:02	[2079]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	239 14:00	[2096]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 1250
    	ACCEPTED	239 14:00	[2097]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	239 14:01	[2099]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 1350
    	ACCEPTED	239 14:01	[2100]	MAE Experiment
    	ACCEPTED	239 14:02	[2102]	Set Parameter: dust_cvr to 1500
    	ACCEPTED	239 14:02	[2103]	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 52:

The rover will turn right 7 degrees, partially deploy the APXS and backup towards the rock called Shark. If there is no contact after 20cm, the rover will start groping for the rock by retracting the APXS, backing up another 30cm, and deploying the APXS again. The rover will attempt this maneuver three times. If contact is made, the rover will perform APXS measurements for eight hours. If no contact is made, the rover will not perform APXS night operations.

Summary of Planned Rover Activities for Sol 52:



	MLST	Rover Acivity
	09:32	Sequence 55210B MARS
	09:32	Begin Daytime Ops Prep
	09:34	Read persistent state table
	09:34	End Daytime Ops Prep
	09:34	Begin set traverse parameters
	09:40	End set traverse parameters
	09:40	Wait for S0050 rover movie
	10:00	Begin Traverse
	10:01	Turn right 7 degrees
	10:02	Begin APXS "groping" for Shark
	10:07	End traverse
	10:15	Rear APXS deployed image
	10:30	End imaging
	12:00	Three MAE experiments
	13:00	Begin WEB heating
	14:00	Three MAE experiments
	14:04	Begin five hours of APXS operations
	15:30	Shutdown rover
	19:00	Complete first APXS opeartions
	19:01	Shutdown rover
	00:00	Begin three hours of APXS operations
	03:00	Complete second APXS operations
	03:04	Perform night QCM experiment
	03:05	Shutdown until SOL 53

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