Posted on 10/17/2023 5:06:22 PM PDT by Ezekiel
Flight 62
Sol 940
Date Oct. 12, 2023
Horizontal Distance 268 m ~880 ft
Max. Altitude 18 m ~59 ft
Max. Groundspeed 10 m/s ~22.4 mph
Duration 121.1 seconds
Route of Flight Airfield Tau (out-and-back flight)
Flight Log
By the Numbers
FLIGHTS
62
FLIGHT TIME
~112.9 MINS
DISTANCE FLOWN
9 MILES
(~13,913 km) (sic)
MAX. GROUND SPEED
22.4 MPH
10 m/s
HIGHEST ALTITUDE
24
(~79 ft)
METERS
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The above information contains inconsistencies, so here is the relevant data from the waypoints file:
"Dist_m": 291.691,
"Total_m": 14068.049,
"Total_km": 14.068,
"Dist_ft": 956.991,
"Total_ft": 46155.016,
"Total_mi": 8.741,
"Max_Alt_m": 18,
"Max_Alt_ft": 59.055,
"Max_Spd_m": 10,
"Max_mph": 22.369,
"Duration_s": 121.07,
"total_s": 6776.178,
"total_min": 112.94,
"Earth_Date": "Oct. 12, 2023",
https://mars.nasa.gov/mmgis-maps/M20/Layers/json/m20_heli_waypoints.json
Linked here near the top of the page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ingenuity_flights
Speed record ping for Ginny!
How far away from the rover can they get and maintain radio contact?
I’ve forgotten, but if the ‘line of sight’ is messed up due to terrain, then they don’t talk.
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/466/hide-and-seek/
Speed/Altitude/Distance records are all very well, but I want to know what scientific instruments were deployed and how successful the data acquisition was.
Ingenuity is a technology demonstrator in itself. Science packages are deployed on the Perseverance rover.
Steve summed it up, but the 'data acquisition' as per the helicopter itself is about what it's able to do. That's all going into the pool of knowledge for the design of successors.
Also, after the flying demo proved successful (the original intent), the tiny tot was repurposed as a scout for the rover.
Of course that wasn't in the planning -- the cameras and software weren't geared toward anything but flight (with the camera to document). NASA/JPL just wanted to see if they could fly the thing, so they wanted to keep it as light as possible. But with what it can do -- way more than expected -- it's keeping busy.
Now there are plans for much better cameras, and putting the next one on wheels.
OK, good answer. Thanks.
Vroom, vroom.
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