Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON MARS
July 18-23, 1999 - Pasadena, California
Images taken by Japan's Nozomi spacecraft
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
The Mars Climate Orbiter was successfully launched today at 18:45:50.918 UTC
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
Live from MGS/Mars'98 Command Center
The former MGS Aerobraking Command Center is now the Mars Surveyor Operations
(MSOP) MGS/Mars'98 Command Center. Starting tomorrow, we will be operating
two missions simultaneously.
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
9-DEC-98 12:30 PM PDT
MSSS - Top 10 MGS MOC Images From the First Year In Orbit
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
MOLA Release - First Three-Dimensional View of North Polar Region of Mars
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
2-DEC-98 10:00 PM PDT
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
Real Time Orbit Update
We have added a new detailed graphic descibing the current orbit.
Real
Time Orbit Update
We have upgraded the graphics on the real time orbit page.
We are in the process of creating more real time pages for the Mars Surveyor 98 launch. After the launch of the lander in January 1999, we will add three more real time pages to the Mars web site. These pages will be determined by you, the United States tax payer. Please send your request to: Kirk Goodall (kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov). The subject of your e-mail should be <REAL TIME REQUEST>.
We will analyze the requests and determine which ones are technically feasible. On January 15, 1999 we will post the top three requests on the web site and begin implementation.
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Upgraded Live Spacecraft Telemetry
We have made more software changes to the real time telemetry pages to make
them more reliable. Please be advised that this data is only updated when
the spacecraft telemetry is in lock. If they are far behind, send e-mail
to Kirk Goodall (kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov).
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
MSSS - Image of the Martian North Polar Region
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
ASU - New TES data released at DPS Meeting Press Conference, 12 October 1998
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR CAPTURES DETAILED VIEWS OF OLYMPUS MONS, KASEI VALLIS RIVER CHANNEL
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
Final Orbital Parameter Tables for the First Part of Aerobraking and the SPO Orbit
MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report
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23-SEP-98 1:30 PM PDT
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report - MGS has Returned to Aerobraking
JPL PIO Release - Mars Global Surveyor Mission Status
21-SEP-98 7:00 PM PDT
MSSS - Martian North Polar Cap On September 12, 1998
MSOP-MGS Status Report Friday PM
18-SEP-98 1:00 PM PDT
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
17-SEP-98 2:00 PM PDT
JPL PIO Release - Mars Global Surveyor Mission Status
15-SEP-98 12:00 PM PDT
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
Updated Ground Tracks of MGS Over the Surface of Mars
11-SEP-98 10:30 AM PDT
JPL PIO Release - MARTIAN MOON PHOBOS HIP-DEEP IN POWDER
ASU Release - MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer Views Phobos
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
7-SEP-98 10:00 PM PDT
MSSS - "Giant Polygon" Troughs, Elysium Planitia
4-SEP-98 9:00 AM PDT
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MGS Aerobraking Phase II Readiness
Review - Day 2
Detailed Presentations in Adobe PDF Files
MGS Aerobraking Phase II Readiness
Review - Day 1
Detailed Presentations in Adobe PDF Files
28-AUG-98 11:00 AM PDT
MSSS - Small Volcano In Tempe Terra
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
26-AUG-98 6:00 PM PDT
29th Lunar and Planetary Science
Conference, March 16-20, 1998
Detailed Mars Global Surveyor science abstracts from 1998 LPSC presentations.
24-AUG-98 6:00 PM PDT
Mars Global Surveyor Site Map
A graphical page to assist in rapidly locating information.
21-AUG-98 11:00 AM PDT
MSSS - August 1998: Seeing The Northern Plains Through Springtime Haze
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
19-AUG-98 4:00 PM PDT
Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters
Upgraded Live Spacecraft Telemetry
We have made software changes to the real time telemetry pages to make them
more reliable. If they are behind, send e-mail to Kirk
Goodall (kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov).
MSSS Release - "Fluidized" Crater Ejecta Deposit
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
Updated Ground Tracks of MGS Over the Surface of Mars
NASA Managers Consider Postponing Deployment of Mars Global Surveyor Antenna
7-AUG-98 10:00 AM PDT
MSSS Release - Spring Time View of North Polar Sand Dunes
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
31-JUL-98 10:00 AM PDT
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSSS Release - SUV Tracks On Mars? The 'Devil' Is In The Details
29-JUL-98 4:30 PM PDT
Ground Tracks of MGS Over
the Surface of Mars
Starting this week we will project ground tracks for the coming week.
Mars News
More postings of Mars missions and research.
24-JUL-98 5:30 PM PDT
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSSS
Release - Western Candor Chasma, Valles Marineris
This Friday's MSSS release occured on Monday of this week.
Mars News
Non-commercial postings concerning Mars missions and research.
23-JUL-98 5:30 PM PDT
Ground Tracks of MGS Over
the Surface of Mars
A fast loading directory of links to all ground tracks.
20-JUL-98 5:30 PM PDT
MSSS Release - Western Candor Chasma, Valles Marineris
Directory of All MGS Links
A fast loading directory of all links to pages on the MGS web site.
17-JUL-98 12:45 PM PDT
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSSS Release - Gusev Crater and Ma'adim Vallis
15-JUL-98 11:00 AM PDT
Starting today the Mars Global Surveyor website will be revamped to accommodate modem users. Except where noted, individual pages will not contain more than 400 KB of data. Users of 56 kbps modems should not experience download times of more than 60 seconds per page. Most pages will be designed around a 30 second modem down load time limit.
NASA Honor Awards
The Mars Global Surveyor development team was presented with NASA honor
awards for their
contributions to NASA’s deep space exploration.
Martian of the Month
Every month a member of the Mars Exploration Program Office is recognized
as "Martian of the Month".
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
MSSS Release - Elysium Mons Volcano
UPDATED MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR AEROBRAKING
REPORT
M. D. Johnston, P. B. Esposito, V. Alwar,
S. W. Demcak, E. J. Graat, R. A. Mase
3-JUL-98 8:00 PM PDT
Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Planet-B Neutral Mass Spectrometer (GSFC)
The Atmospheric Experiment Branch of the Goddard Space Flight Center built a Neutral Mass Spectrometer (NMS), which was launched on July 4, 1998 ( Friday at 5:12 PM PDT ) to the planet Mars aboard the Japanese Planet-B spacecraft, under direction of the Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS).
June 30-01 Ground Track of MGS Over Surface of Mars
Major Release - Mars Global Surveyor Science Sampler
Numerous High Resolution MOC Images
The Mars Global Surveyor Science Sampler is a CD-ROM containing some of the first science data products acquired by the MGS instruments MOC (Mars Orbiter Camera), MOLA (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter), TES (Thermal Emission Spectrometer), and MAG/ER (Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer). The Sampler also includes two spherical harmonics gravity models for Mars based on Mariner 9 and Viking Orbiter data, which will be updated by the MGS Radio Science Subsystem (RSS) experiment. The Science Sampler is intended to provide users with a sample of MGS data products from each instrument, to allow them to prepare for standard data product deliveries that will begin in the next few months.
The CD-ROM contents are provided here for use by the planetary community and the interested public. Copies of the CD-ROM are available to planetary scientists through NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS), and to the public through the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC).
The MGS Science Sampler is produced by the Planetary Data System Geosciences Node at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Questions and comments may be addressed to geosci@wunder.wustl.edu.
MSSS Release - Windblown Dunes on the Floor of Herschel Impact Basin
MSSS Release - Early SPO-2 High Resolution Imaging: The Challenge of Cloudy Skies (2 pictures!)
Project Status Report Overview
25-JUN-98 4:00 PM PDT
Zoom in on Ground Track of MGS Over the Surface of Mars
Updated Ground Track of MGS Over the Surface of Mars
June 15-16 Ground Track of MGS
Over Surface of Mars
Starting today we will be reporting the ground track of MGS over the surface
of Mars. This information will be updated once every two days.
MSSS Release - Winter Morning in Northern Tharsis
MSSS Release - Detailed Cloud Patterns in Martian Northern Hemisphere
10-JUN-98 3:00 PM PDT
Live Spacecraft Telemetry
Live telemetry is back on-line. However, during the second Science Phasing
Orbit we receive ten hours of telemetry per day. For this reason, the telemetry
pages will not always be current.
05-JUN-98 3:00 PM PDT
MSSS Release - Small, Fresh Impact Crater With Dark Ejecta
MOLA Release - Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Observations of the North Polar Cap and Clouds on Mars
SLIDE
SHOW OF MGS NAVIGATION AND AEROBRAKING AT MARS
P. Esposito, V. Alwar, S. Demcak, E. Graat, M. Johnston and R. Mase
MGS
NAVIGATION AND AEROBRAKING AT MARS
P. Esposito, V. Alwar, S. Demcak, E. Graat, M. Johnston and R. Mase
MGS REVEALS MORE EVIDENCE OF ABUNDANT WATER, THERMAL ACTIVITY IN MARS' PAST
28-MAY-98 11:00 AM PDT
MSSS Release - Seepage and Ponding within a Southern Hemisphere Crater
The period of solar conjunction is now over. We will resume taking science data by the end of the week.
MSSS Release - Opposition Surge: Sunlight Glinting off Mars
MGS Mars Orbiter Camera Home Page (
MSSS )
Mike Malin has added a significant amount of material to his site and created
a new link hierarchy.
Status at the Conclusion of Targeted Observations
19-MAY-98 Quick Update:
Today Mars Global Surveyor is executing an autonomous Sun-then-Earth pointing sequence as it emerges from solar conjunction. We are waiting for communications capabilities to improve before resuming science data taking in June.
MSSS Release - Lava Flows On Ascraeus Mons Volcano
MGS Nearing End of Solar Conjunction
Period
For the past three weeks MGS has been in solar conjunction. During this
time we have not been receiving telemetry from the spacecraft. We are now
in periodic contact with the spacecraft as we near the end of the solar
conjunction period.
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR AEROBRAKING
REPORT
M. D. Johnston, P. B. Esposito, V. Alwar,
S. W. Demcak, E. J. Graat, R. A. Mase
Updated Aerobraking Pressure Charts
08-MAY-98 12:00 PM PDT
Updated Aerobraking Pressure Charts from What Happens During the Aerobraking Approval Group Meetings
Next week we will post all of the aerobraking pressure charts in preparation for a major paper describing aerobraking in even greater detail than the expert area of: "Explanation of Aerobraking Activities"
05-MAY-98 5:30 PM PDT
04-MAY-98 7:30 PM PDT
Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters
Current Postion of Earth and Mars in Relation to the Sun
28-APR-98 5:00 PM PDT
MGS Prepares to Enter Solar Conjunction Period
TJP CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGES OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #3
27-APR-98 8:00 PM PDT
MSSS Release - Pathfinder Landing Site Observed by Mars Orbiter Camera
24-APR-98 5:00 PM PDT
MSSS Release - MOC Images "The City Square" in Cydonia
MIPL CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGES OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #3
RAW IMAGE OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #3
MSSS Release - MOC Acquires High Resolution Stereoscopic Images of Viking One Landing Site
20-APR-98 2:30 PM PDT
Spacecraft
VRML Models
View VRML models of Spacecraft in different flight configurations.
Announcement of Third Cydonia Observation
15-APR-98 11:45 AM PDT
MSSS Release - MOC Views Another Area in Cydonia
MSSS Release - MOC Views Viking Lander 1 Site Through Dust Storm
CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGES OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #2
RAW IMAGE OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #2
Explanation of Difference in Swath Size for Second Cydonia Observation
13-APR-98 11:30 AM PDT
MSSS Release - Why the "Face" image is only 1024 pixels wide
MSSS Release - MOC and Viking Histograms
PLANS FOR SECOND CLUSTER OF TARGETED IMAGING
SUMMARY OF CLUSTER 1 TARGETED IMAGING
MSSS Release - Mars Orbiter Camera Views the "Face on Mars"
07-APR-98 4:00 PM PDT
JPL CLARIFICATION OF CYDONIA RAW IMAGE ORIENTATION
JPL CORRECTION TO CYDONIA PHOTO CAPTION
06-APR-98 5:45 PM PDT
TJP CONTRAST ENHANCED CYDONIA IMAGE AND COMPARISION TO VIKING FRAME 035A72
MIPL CONTRAST ENHANCED CYDONIA IMAGE
06-APR-98 10:30 AM PDT
05-APR-98
MGS
Spacecraft Targeting Animations
QuickTime and MPEG animations of MGS imaging the Cydonia Region, Pathfinder,
Viking 1, and Viking 2
landing sites using actual spacecraft orientation data acquired during last
set of targeting passes over Mars.
04-APR-98
Saturday Afternoon Update on Targeted Observations
Saturday Morning Update on Targeted Observations
Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters
Second Announcement of Preparations for Targeted Observations
JPL Press Release - Second Announcement with Schedule for Observations
30-MAR-98
Updated SFOS files showing MGS activity on Deep Space Network (DSN)
29-MAR-98
Sequences Performed During Orbit on 25-MAR-98
27-MAR-98
Mars Surveyor Operation Project - Friday Noon Report
26-MAR-98
First Announcement of Target Opportunities
During Science Phasing Orbit
In the coming weeks Mars Global Surveyor will attempt to image the Cydonia
region, the Pathfinder landing site, and the Viking 1 & 2 Lander sites.
Specific time frames for each site will be posted in the near future.
JPL Press Release 12:15 PM PST - First Announcement
25-MAR-98
24-MAR-98
What Really Happened - Updated Explanation of Aerobraking Activities ( Expert Area )
23-MAR-98
Quick Reference to MGS Mirror Sites
In anticipation of high demand, we recommend that you review this
list of MGS mirror sites prior to the start of the Science
Phasing Orbit.
22-MAR-98
Explanation of Orbital Parameters
20-MAR-98
Bandwidth of Mars Mirror Site Network
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the network
of mirror sites before the start of the Science
Phasing Orbit.
18-MAR-98
Updated Explanation of How Aerobraking Works
17-MAR-98
Updated Aerobraking Pressure Charts from What Happens During the Aerobraking Approval Group Meetings
13-MAR-98
Publication
of MGS Science Articles
MGS Project
Documents in Adobe PDF Files
Over 4,600 pages of detailed information on the Mars Global Surveyor
mission.
The MGS Radio Science Team has developed an education outreach program. The Team will share their data from from the Martian atmosphere with participants in the program almost as soon as it is collected! A Note To K-12 Educators ( STANFORD )
10-MAR-98
Updated Excerpts from MGS Critical Design Review Presentations - February 25-26, 1998
Updated Items of Interest in MGS Aerobraking Control Center
Updated Key to SFOS files showing MGS activity on Deep Space Network (DSN)
9-MAR-98
MOC Observations from Aerobraking Orbit
Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters
An Explanation of How Aerobraking Works
4-MAR-98
Updated SFOS files showing MGS activity on Deep Space Network (DSN)
3-MAR-98
Excerpts from MGS Critical Design Review Presentations - February 25-26, 1998
2-MAR-98
What Happens During the Aerobraking Approval Group Meetings
1-MAR-98
SFOS files showing MGS activity on Deep Space Network (DSN)
Starting today we will do our best to update the site every day except Saturday.
24-FEB-98
Transition from Aerobraking
MGS Transition from Aerobraking Phase 1 to the Science Phasing
( Why We have Stopped Taking Some Science Data )
23-FEB-98
Items of Interest in MGS Aerobraking Control Center
11-FEB-98
MOC Images of Mars '98 Landing Site ( 02/11/98 )
09-FEB-98
History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters
02-FEB-98
MOC Observations from Aerobraking Orbit (02/02/98)
28-JAN-98
Live Pictures of the MGS Aerobraking Command Center at JPL!
31-DEC-97
MOC Observations from Aerobraking Orbit (12/31/97)
Please be advised that major releases of science data onto the web site currently coincide with the time at which press conferences are held at JPL. We are actively working with the remote science teams to develop procedures which will enable mission data to be released with greater frequency.
If there is information you would like to see added to the Mars Global
Surveyor site, please send your request to:
Kirk Goodall (kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov).
The subject of your mail message should read: MGS REQUEST: <your request>
Due to the tremendous volume of e-mail we receive we can not always respond, but your e-mail is most certainly reviewed and considered. Substantive e-mail is periodically incorporated into reports.
Thank you for your continued interest in the Mars Global Surveyor mission.
Sincerely,
Kirk Goodall
Mars Web Engineer
