Antenna deployment frees Mars Surveyor for full-time data
Controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory deployed the high-gain antenna on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft early Monday, making it possible for the orbiter to collect data and communicate with Earth at the same time. Previously the spacecraft had been transmitting data with the...
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