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MER-2 (Spirit)

 2003-027A


Mars Exploration Rover-2 "Spirit".

Mass 150 kg. Launch 2003 May 22. Landing 2004 Jan 2.

Spirit launched with targeted B-plane (104184, 235634) km and achieved (292891,407923) with TCA 2004 Jan 6, 2317 UTC.

The landing sites for the Mars Exploration Rovers: the centers of the target ellipses are 14.640S, 184.702W in Gusev Crater and 2.060S 5.992W in Meridiani Planum (according to JPL; another source gives 14.64S 184.94W and 2.06S 6.23W).

Actual landing site 14.5692S 175.4729E, i.e. approx 184.5W

AIAA2004-4980 quotes actual as 14.57189S 175.47848E.

Cruise stage: 2.65m dia, 1.6m high; based on MPF. 193 kg dry plus 50 kg prop.

Backshell and parachute are 209 kg. Heatshield is 78 kg. Each around 2.6m dia 1.5 tall?

Lander is 348 kg not including Rover. but including airbags.

Rover is 1.4m long and 1.0m wide, mass 185 kg. Box + 6 wheels + panel + booms.

During approach to the atmosphere the gas generator heaters were running hot.

The lander platform was named Columbia Memorial Station on Jan 6. Landing site was 14.571892S 175.47848W.

On Jan 21 Spirit stopped communicating with Earth and went into a cycle of repeated computer reboots when its flash memory file system filled up. The software problem was eventually fixed by controllers and Spirit resumed operations on Jan 31.

Mars Re is 3397.5 km; landing site is at -5.2 km; entry at 124.7 km, Vi 5.628 km/s with theta = -11.4949 at az 70.925207 over 17.7420S 161.7765E. Entry mass was 827 kg including 90 kg heatshield; 14.1m parachute diameter.

Mass breakdown:

 PK  Older data 
Rover  174 kg 185  
Lander  365 kg 348  
RAD x 3  15 kg  
RAD prop  37 kg  
Backshell  146 kg  )209  + parachute 
Heatshield 90 kg 78   
Cruise  183 kg 193  
Prop  52 kg  50  

Total  1062 kg 1063  
Payload adapter   
PAM/Star 48 full 2213  2134 motor 
PAM/Star 48 empty 191  111 motor 

Three RAD - rocket assisted decleration, Star 8. Star 8 TE-M-1076-1 is 0.69m long 0.20m dia with 33 kNs impulse, 7.5kN for 4.3s at 272.9 eff Isp and 17.4 kg full 5.1kg dry.

Three TIRS - Tranverse Impulse Rocket System (Star 3, TE-M-1082-1) with 1 kg full 0.5kg prop.

ATK 0.20m dia 0.69m long 17 kg mass, 4.3s burn. TP-H-3062 CTPB prop. Enhanced derivative of MPF RAD. Impulse 31 kNs. Thrust 7.3 kN.

TIRS - transverse impulse rocket system

ATK 0.08m dia 0.29m long 1.2 kg, 0.62s burn.


Rover A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Jun 10  1758:47 Launch by Delta 7925-9.5  CC SLC17A 
  T+1:03 SRM 1-6 off 
  T+1:05 SRM 7-9 on 
  T+1:06 SRM sep 1-6 
  T+2:11 SRM sep 7-9 
  T+4:23 MECO 
  T+4:31 St 1 sep 
 1803:24 T+4:37 SES-1  -3400 x 120  
 1803:29 T+4:42 Fairing sep-3390 x 120  
 1808:15 T+9:38 SECO-1  160 x 180 x 28.5  
 1825:15 T+26:28 SES-2 
 1827:21 T+28:34 SECO-2  163 x 4762 x 28.5  
 1828:14 T+29:27 St 2 sep   
 1828:51 T+30:04 TES 90s over 18E 20S ? 200 km? 
 1830:19 T+31:32 TECO C3= 9.2510 at 182 km 
 1835:01 T+36:14 Yo-yo despin released 
 1835:06 T+36:19 Star 48 sep  182 x -99113 x 28.50  
 2030?  SES-3  
  SECO-3  162 x 4619 x 25.7  
  Injection C3 = 8.822 RLA,DLA = 347.35, -2.32  184 x -103070 x 28.46 
2003 Jun 11  0347  Pass EL1:4 
2003 Jun 16  0127  Depart Earth sphere 1.5Mkm 
2003 Jun 20 1700 TCM-A1 axial 28min; range 2.66Mkm 
  TCM-A1 perpendicular 22 min; total  
  Total 16.5m/s (or 14.3m/s?) 
2003 Aug 1  1800 TCM-A2 6m/s 9m; Gusev targeting 
2003 Nov 14  1830 TCM-3 0.6m/s 132s 
2003 Nov   T-45d Approach phase 
2003 Dec 27  0200 TCM-A4 3.4s 0.03m/s 
2003 Dec 30  1545?  Enter Mars sphere 1.08Mkm 

 

2004 Jan 4 
 0255  Turn to entry, heat shield forward 
 0311  Turn complete  
 0326  Alt 10600 km at 3.4 km/s 
 0345  Coolant venting 
 0401  3200 km, 4.23 km/s 
 0404:52  E-15:00 Cruise Stage sep  15 x Inf  
 0408  2000 km 
  E-3.0min 465 km 5.202 km/s 1731 km uprange  
  E-2.5min 354 km alt 
  E-2.0min 298 km alt 
  E-1.5min 245 km 
  E-1.0min 195 km 5.401 km/s  
73 12192 437  0419:52  E-0 Entry at 128 km, 75 deg az, 5.4km/s/rel, -12 deg rel (-11.5 in.) 
  Postflight: Entry 5.63 km/s -11.5 deg  13 x -18404  
  117 km 5.449 km/s 703 km range 
  E+60s 74 km 5.4415 km/s  
  E+102s Peak heating 
 0423:05  E+240s (actual was later) para deploy 

 

 E+251s (actual) para deploy 
 0424:15 E+271s Heatshield sep 

 

0424:25 E+272s Backshell release 
  E+282s Bridle descent complete 
  E+311s 34 km, radar on 
  E+339s Airbags inflate 
 0425:42 E+339s RAD/TIRS rockets fire at 115m 
  RAD dV = 315 m/s at 100m alt. Three RAD, 4s burn, 10 kN? 
 0425:44 E+348s Bridle cut (backshell sep) at 8m 
 0425:48 E+350s Landing at Gusev at 24 m/s 
  Bounces 57s to 100m? 
  28 impacts for 300 m 
 0436 Landing complete 
 0444:09 Antenna tone 
 0447 Airbags retract L+66m 
 0521 Airbag retraction stops 
 0521? Petals open L+187m 
2004 Jan 5   HGA deployed 
2004 Jan 6  2317  PAM-D pass Mars at 502000 km 
2004 Jan 8   Airbag retraction continues 
2004 Jan 9   Front wheel deploy 
2004 Jan 10  Standup sequence complete 
2004 Jan 15 0821:30  Move command transmitted 
 0840  Rover move off lander by 3m 
 0841  Rover move complete 
2004 Jan 18   Move to Adirondack rock 
2009 May 7   Stuck at Home Plate 
2010 Jan 26   Attempts to free from Home Plate abandoned 
2010 Mar 30   LOS for Martian winter 

Payload:

  • Pathfinder landing system, airbags

  • Pancam Panoramic camera

  • Mini-TES Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer

  • Mossbauer Spectrometer (on arm)

  • APEX Alpha proton X-ray spectrometer (on arm)

  • Microscopic imager (on arm)

  • RAT Rock Abrasion Tool (on arm)

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