Thursday 5 June 2014

Rover Corrects its Spacecraft Clock

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Rover Corrects its Spacecraft Clock
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2014 - Opportunity is exploring south on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign in the northern part of the region of aluminum/hydroxyl clay minerals seen from orbit. Opportunity has been correcting her spacecraft clock by a few seconds each day (sol) to gradually offset the accumulated drift since the beginning of the mission. On Sol ... more


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