{"p":"","h":{"iv":"ROXSYW+cfvEbFHu5","at":"ocxplSQjdRC3tXEtB/9/wg=="}}

Remember Sols 394 to 398, when we were waiting to take off for its 24th flight? On Sol 398 when flight 24 happened, took a strange southward detour, which at the time seem to indicate an attempt to get a better signal from the . Well, it turns out that wasn't the reason; the detour was scheduled for the ground penetrating radar RIMFAX to "see" the Cf-fr/Seitah contact

More about UHF signal uncertainties: fosstodon.org/@65dBnoise/10874

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Tom Montgomery

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Here is what SuperCam was looking at on Sol 397. Is this Miners Castle, or perhaps Moro Rock?

#Mars2020 #solarocks

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65dBnoise

At the time, #Ingenuity's flights occurred in the morning, before the rover started on its daily drive. Flight 24 occurred on Sol 398 when the rover was still at waypoint "Sol 387".
Got it? No? 😜

Sol numbers usually mark the end-of-drive Sol. Next morning is another Sol, but the rover is still at the old waypoint.

Another problem is that multiple waypoints during the same sol will all have the same Sol number (map + description).

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65dBnoise

Using Sols as waypoints on maps is a *bad idea* IMO, because Sols are not unique IDs to be used as waypoints. Instead, RMC numbers are unique and unambiguous; they can also be combined with Sols, if the waypoints need to be dated.

Details in image description:

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eidolies

@65dBnoise Hm.

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