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How high must the internal temperature of the rover be to keep it functioning?

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How high must the internal temperature of the rover be to keep it functioning?

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Thanks for your excellent question! For most of the electronics in the Warm Electronics Box (WEB), the minimum allowable flight temperature is -40 degrees Celsius. This happens to be the point at which deg. C equals deg. F, so this also corresponds to -40 deg. F. For the battery, the min allowable flight temperature limit is warmer, at -20 deg. C (or -4 deg. F). This is a challenge durning the cold Martian nights (hundreds of degrees below zero!), but our well-insulated WEB allows these internal temperature limits to be met. Thanks for your awesome question! Todd J.

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