Voyager 2 is back online

[imhotep]

NASA has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an "interstellar shout" that righted the distant probe's antenna orientation, the space agency said Friday.

The Deep Space Network used the highest-power transmitter to send the command (the 100-kW S-band uplink from the Canberra site) and timed it to be sent during the best conditions during the antenna tracking pass in order to maximize possible receipt of the command by the spacecraft," Voyager project manager Suzanne Dodd told AFP.

The probe began returning science and telemetry data at 12:29 am Eastern Time on August 4, "indicating it is operating normally and that it remains on its expected trajectory," added JPL.

 

[Schrodinger Cat]

 

[Stimulus mind]

 

[War Fighter]

Finally, is this the oldest satellite roaming now?

 

[NRTG]

 

[imhotep]

Finally, is this the oldest satellite roaming now?

Both Voyagers must be the farthest away from the Earth and still functional. Oldest ones must still be orbiting the Earth.
Use this link for more details of old and undead spacecraft
https://interestingengineering.com/lists/oldest-undead-spacecraft

PS: Don't ask me about the Chi-Chi's satellite.

 

[Walter White]

 

[saja]

ow yaku , paaaduwa
Cost: 895 million USD

 

[SDCR]

ඕක මොන මොනා දකින්න ඇද්ද මේ වෙද්දි...විඩියෝ ස්ට්‍රීම් කරන්න තාක්ශනයක් තිබ්බනන් ප්‍රශ්න ගොඩකට උත්තර හම්බෙලා....

 

[2osama]

ජාතික ප්‍රශ්නයක් විසදුණා

 

[Solo Rider]

Awesome

 

[SDCR]

ජාතික ප්‍රශ්නයක් විසදුණා

චිචී රොකට් ඇරිය වගේ නෙවේ ඕව...NASA එකේ තාක්ශනයන් පාවිච්චි වෙනව එදිනෙදා වැඩ වලට ලෝකෙ හැමතැනම...

 

[kinkon]

එළනෙ..

 

[rukshrulz]

 

[jdchathuranga]

I am incredibly impressed by the remarkable reliability of these probes. With the advent of solid-state electronics, the meticulous engineering and attention to detail dedicated to their design are truly awe-inspiring. Learning about the auto-aligning process of the antenna is utterly fascinating.

 

[Smartm]

meke un satellite ekakin hari atal ekak ganna balan inne..

 

[SimMaster]

 

[imhotep]

I am incredibly impressed by the remarkable reliability of these probes. With the advent of solid-state electronics, the meticulous engineering and attention to detail dedicated to their design are truly awe-inspiring. Learning about the auto-aligning process of the antenna is utterly fascinating.

https://elakiri.com/threads/how-the-voyager-aligns-its-antenna-towards-the-earth.2116029/

 

[revox]

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