Opportunity Rover Solar Panels

The opportunity rover has been operating successfully on mars for over 14 years.

Opportunity rover solar panels.

Both were taken by opportunity s panoramic camera pancam. Opportunity also known as mer b mars exploration rover b or mer 1 and nicknamed oppy is a robotic rover that was active on mars from 2004 until the middle of 2018. A self portrait of nasa s mars exploration rover opportunity taken in late march 2014 right shows that much of the dust on the rover s solar arrays has been removed since a similar portrait from january 2014 left. This provides power to operate the rover s electronics and transmitters which consume an average of 12 watts over a day and night cycle.

A self portrait of nasa s mars exploration rover opportunity taken in late march 2014 right shows that much of the dust on the rover s solar arrays has been removed since a similar portrait. The last signal from the spacecraft was heard on june 10 2018. The mars rover opportunity has been cleaned of heavy dust coating its solar panels thanks to some strong winds blowing over the rim of endeavour crater. In ideal conditions its solar panels generate 400 watt hours of energy per day.

Launched on july 7 2003 as part of nasa s mars exploration rover program it landed in meridiani planum on january 25 2004 three weeks after its twin spirit mer a touched down on the other side of the planet.