65dBnoise ,
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lost communications with during the 's descent for landing after its pop-up , a few sols ago.

The helicopter was already out of sight and at a distance of ~1km, as seen in the map below. There is an obstructing mound about midway that rises 13m above the line-of-sight, which might be the reason for the loss of signal. Despite that, assuming Ingenuity's landing software worked as usual, the helicopter may be in good health, but

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65dBnoise OP ,
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as if something dragged or hit the ground during (https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/111750833533763835)

The fact that there is just one image from attests to the fact that communication with the rover was already bad before the flight, and probably remained bad after popup which landed at about the same location.

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reconbot ,
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@65dBnoise how would we regain communication?

chgowiz ,
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@reconbot I was reading space.com's article and they said this:

"Perseverance is currently out of line-of-sight with Ingenuity, but the team could consider driving closer for a visual inspection," NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which manages both robots' missions, said via X on Friday.

(article: https://www.space.com/nasa-loses-contact-ingenuity-mars-helicopter )

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chgowiz ,
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@reconbot IIRC, the last time there was comms dropout, Ingenuity had to wait for Perseverance to get back into comms range/LOS.

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