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NEW : SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Loses, Re-Establishes Contact with Orbiter

sol 1132-1145, March 20, 2007:

Spirit is healthy but had to sit out a Martian day waiting to send data to Earth while the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was in safe mode. Both the rover and the orbiter share the same X-band frequency with Earth and must coordinate communications. Ultimately, Spirit sent data to Earth while the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was on the other side of Mars, out of reach of Earth.

Spirit drove 21.26 meters (69.75 feet) on the rover's 1,132nd and 1,136th sols, or Martian days, of exploration (March 10 and March 14, 2007), en route to rock targets on "Mitcheltree Ridge.

Spirit update: Spirit Studies "Home Plate" From West

Sol 1125-1131, March 12, 2007:

Spirit is in healthy condition after spending a week of remote sensing observations on the west side of the elevated circular plateau known as "Home Plate".