Memory Rewrite Scheduled For NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
- 9 years ago
The orbiter needs its memory rewritten in order to update location data necessary for various vital functions.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter needs its memory rewritten.
The orbiter presently contains location data for the Earth and sun spanning the last decade—but not much for 2016.
The data is necessary for recalibrating the orbiter's antenna position in order to communicate and even more important, the solar arrays that supply the orbiter's power.
Unscheduled reboots have already occurred 16 times since the orbiter was launched—necessitating the use of the location data each time. NASA believes these unscheduled reboots are destined to continue in the years to come.
The location data is stored in tables that extend
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter needs its memory rewritten.
The orbiter presently contains location data for the Earth and sun spanning the last decade—but not much for 2016.
The data is necessary for recalibrating the orbiter's antenna position in order to communicate and even more important, the solar arrays that supply the orbiter's power.
Unscheduled reboots have already occurred 16 times since the orbiter was launched—necessitating the use of the location data each time. NASA believes these unscheduled reboots are destined to continue in the years to come.
The location data is stored in tables that extend