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On this livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJwjuo8pBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJwjuo8pBo a commentator explains that the probe had some autono
by sp332 7y ago
On this livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJwjuo8pBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJwjuo8pBo a commentator explains that the probe had some autonomy in choosing exactly where to land. So the deviation from the expected course was not necessarily something going wrong.
Edit: Apparently it can hover at 400m for up to 90 seconds to image the potential landing site. The loss of communication actually happened before the hovering phase started.
- whatshisface 7y agoYes, and the rotation of the probe resulted in the engine pointing downwards, which means that it may have been intentional.
- dmix 7y agoThey said in the video when they were informing Modi that it was 1km from the original landing site at last reading at 400m.
- wbhart 7y agoUnfortunately it could not have been hovering though. The velocity was almost certainly too high for the spacecraft to handle.
- auslander 7y agoSo ... MCAS again?