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Is there a live feed of the Mars Curiosity rover's cameras?

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Curiosity is at Point Lake on Mars and will snap pictures to send home. Find out more about the rover's 17 cameras, including why some shoot in color and others others take black-and-white images. read more

No live feed. The rovers transmits their data to the orbiters around Mars, that buffers them and transmits to Earth, so there’s no direct link. Data Rates/Returns - Mars Science Laboratory. Data Rates/Returns. The data rate direct-to-Earth varies from about 500 bits per second to 32,000 bits per second (roughly half as fast as a standard home modem). read more

Curiosity can take hi-res photos using a focusable colour camera at the end of its robotic arm There is also a third, European, orbiter, called Mars Express, but it is usually used as a back-up for Nasa missions. read more

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