NASA to Host Briefing on Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Operations

Monday, 12 September 2022

NASA will host a briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. PDT) on Thursday, Sept. 15, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to provide highlights from the first year and a half of the Perseverance rover’s exploration of Mars.

Planetary Positions

19.04.2024 at 10:51:37 UTC

Planet	Longitude
The Sun	29 Ari 52' 21"
The Moon	10 Vir 11' 29"
Mercury	17 Ari 30' 15" R
Venus	17 Ari 38' 19"
Mars	21 Pis 20' 51"
Jupiter	21 Tau 27' 09"
Saturn	15 Pis 33' 38"
Uranus	21 Tau 44' 22"
Neptune	28 Pis 33' 43"
Pluto	02 Aqu 03' 43"

Solar Status

BZ Status:	-9
Proton Density:	9.96
Proton Speed:	418.9 k/sec
KP Status:	4.33

Type	Apr 19	Apr 20	Apr 21
Active	25%	30%	35%
Minor	5%	20%	25%
Moderate	1%	5%	5%
Strong	1%	1%	1%
Kp Index Prediction
00-03UT	1.67	2.00	3.00
03-06UT	2.00	1.00	3.67
06-09UT	1.67	2.00	2.67
09-12UT	1.67	1.00	2.67
12-15UT	1.67	2.67	2.00
15-18UT	1.67	2.67	2.00
18-21UT	2.00	3.00	3.00
21-00UT	2.00	3.00	2.00
Solar Activity
Solar activity was at moderate levels. Region 3638 (S18E03, Cri/beta) was responsible for the strongest event of the period, an M2.2 (R1-Minor) flare at 18/0248 UTC. Newly numbered Region 3647 (S10E12, Dac/beta-delta) resides in the middle of a cluster of sunspots in the SE quadrant. Most of the significant sunspot growth over the past 24 hours is between Region 3647 and Region 3645 (S09E10, Dai/beta). The remaining regions were mostly stable or in gradual decay.
Solar Wind
A weakly enhanced solar wind environment prevailed throughout the period. Total magnetic field strength ranged 4-9 nT. The Bz component was primarily oriented northward. Solar wind speeds were in steady decline through the period, from ~410 km/s to near ~330 km/s by the of the UT day.
Energetic Particle
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux was at normal to moderate levels and the greater than 10 MeV proton flux was at background levels.

NASA to Host Briefing on Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Operations

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