The cold, low-light winter conditions continue to limit activity. Sols 4866 and 4867 (October 1, 2017 and October 2, 2017) were recharge sols with little activity.
Opportunity has been conducting surface chemistry surveys with Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS). On Sol 4863, (September 28, 2017) the robotic arm placed the APXS on a new surface target.
Integrations were conducted over several sols. Using the robotic arm on Sol 4868, (October 2, 2017) the Microscopic Imager (MI) collected a finder frame of the APXS target location of the surface.
When not recharging, the rover has been continuing to collect extensive Pancam and Navcam stereo panoramas of the surrounding area.
As of Sol 4868, the solar array energy production was 284 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.544 and a solar array dust factor of 0.522.
Total odometry is 27.97 miles (45.02 kilometers).
| Buy Advertising | About Us | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes. |
