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Flight 40 Preview – By the Numbers

Ingenuity sits on a slightly inclined surface with about 6-degree tilt at the center of the frame, just north of the southern ridge of “Séíitah” geologic unit. The Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument took this image on Dec. 1, 2021, when the rotorcraft was about 970 feet (295 meters) away.

Ingenuity at 'Airfield J': Ingenuity sits on a slightly inclined surface with about 6-degree tilt at the center of the frame, just north of the southern ridge of “Séíitah” geologic unit. The Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument took this image on Dec. 1, 2021, when the rotorcraft was about 970 feet (295 meters) away.

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Flight: 40
Flight date: No earlier than 01/19/2023
Horizontal flight distance: 561 feet (171 meters)
Flight time: 85.21 seconds
Flight altitude: 33 feet (10 meters)
Heading: North West
Flight speed: 7.2 mph (3.2 meters per second)
Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter

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