ASTERIA / SOL 418

Draw the line.
Drive another world.

Plot today’s traverse across Dunehook Basin. Every line is checked against the terrain—then Asteria drives the route you made.

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LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME 17:24:06 24H 39M 35S PER SOL

ROVERASTERIANOMINAL

LOCAL TERRAIN−12.4°C3.8 m/s NW

DRIVE AUTHORITY146 mAUTO-NAV

TACTICAL MOBILITY

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DSN / MADRID 63 · LOCKED

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Route 418-A reaches Ripple Gate with one monitored rock crossing.

AEOLIS MENSAE / CAMPAIGN 06

STRATIGRAPHY DOSSIER · 03 CANDIDATES

The ground is keeping a record.

Asteria is crossing a boundary where orbital clay signatures meet wind-polished basalt. Three sites can tell us when the basin last held water.

NEXT CORE

Morrow Vein

Smectite-rich seam beneath a wind-hardened cap.

Target depth: 42 mm
Clay index: 0.81
Drive offset: +126 m

ALTERATION HALO

Ochre Step

Pale rind may preserve a short-lived groundwater pulse.

Target depth: 28 mm
Silica index: 0.63
Drive offset: +241 m

BEDROCK WINDOW

Palmer Ledge

Fractured sulfate bed with a clean abrasion surface.

Target depth: 35 mm
Gypsum index: 0.47
Drive offset: +318 m

Science queue: Morrow Vein holds priority 1 for Sol 419.

ENERGY FORECAST

Spend sunlight carefully.

71%BATTERY AT SUNSET

DRIVE14.8 Wh

SCIENCE10.2 Wh

HEATERS19.9 Wh

DOWNLINK5.8 Wh

PROJECTED RESERVE82.4 Wh

Enough margin for one autonomous hazard recovery and the planned overnight warm-up.

ARRAY DUST FACTOR 0.87NOON PEAK 418 WOVERNIGHT LOW −71°CRECOVERY MARGIN +16.2 Wh

DEEP SPACE NETWORK

A narrow window.
A whole planet of data.

Madrid’s 34-meter antenna acquires Asteria after local sunset. The bundle carries 214 nav frames, one ChemCam raster, and the drive health report.

NEXT DOWNLINK WINDOW01:42:18MADRID DSS-65 · X-BAND

ACQUIREPEAK ELEV. 36°LOSS

BUNDLE1.84 GbEST. 11m 48s

Asteria is 238.4 million kilometers from Earth.

SIGNAL ACQUIREDAnd still listening.