Spirit remains silent at her location called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. No communication
has been received from the rover since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010).
It is likely that Spirit has experienced a low-power fault and has turned off all sub-systems, including communication. The rover will use all available solar array energy to recharge her batteries.
When the batteries recover to a sufficient state of charge, Spirit will wake up and begin to communicate.
It is not known when that will happen, so the project has been listening for any X-band signal from Spirit through the Deep Space Network (DSN) every day.
The Mars Odyssey orbiter is also listening over selected Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) relay passes for any signal from Spirit. It may be weeks to months before Spirit communicates.
Total odometry is unchanged at 7,730.50 meters (4.80 miles).
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