The agency announced that after seven months in command of the Voyager 2, NASA is now able to give the vehicle new directions and processes.
The Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in August 1977, was examined Traveled outdoors for more than 43 years visiting Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Repairs and upgrades by the NASA team They have been in action at Deep Space Station 43 in Canberra, Australia, since mid-March. This station is the only antenna in the world that can communicate with probes. This is due to the Voyager 2’s low position, the location of the antenna in the southern hemisphere, and the fact that the antenna can be connected to 1970s probe technology.
Operators made the necessary repairs on the 70 meter diameter bowl. One of the two radio transmitters has not been upgraded for 47 years.
“The special thing about this work is that we work on all levels of the antenna, from the ground level outpost to the feedconz (including the main parts of the antenna receivers) in the middle of the dish. . Over the Edge, ”said Brass Arnold, Deep Space Network project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
“This test communication with Voyager 2 definitely shows us that things are on the right track with our work,” he said in a statement.
The upgrades are expected to be completed in February 2021.
In the intercellular space
The Voyager 2 was the second man-made vehicle to cross the intercellular space in 2018 after the twin Voyager 1 completed the feat in 2012.
Although mission operators Voyager 2 have been unable to issue orders for a period of time, they will continue to receive sensor data from the investigation while there is a coronavirus epidemic. Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are just outside the heliosphere, a bubble of magnetic fields and particles created by the sun.
“We always talked to the spaceship,” said Suzanne Dodd, director of JPL’s directorate for interplanetary networks and project manager for the Visor Interseller mission. We did this every day. “We can see its health.” If it wasn’t healthy, we would know. ”
For repairs If there is a problem with this vehicle, NASA cannot quickly report it to optimize the course.
Because Voyager 1 and 2’s on-board systems are very old, they have 200,000 times less memory than smartphones, he said. This less complex technology can be a boon to the investigation longevity, which has been going strong for more than four decades.
“Probably a factor in why they are so bad and why they are so bad.” “Voyagers have an excellent track record. The spaceships are weakly flexible. ”
This flexibility enables humanity to obtain new information about the outer edges of our solar system. And these dates are a reminder that we are all part of an infinitely great cause beyond tribe, class, ideology and political party.
From a Vizer 2 perspective, all of our struggles are unique as we wait for the election results.
The great astronomer Carl Sagan wrote in his 1994 book “Pele Blue Dot”: “There is no better evidence of the folly of human emotions than this rare picture of our little world.
“For me it underlines our responsibility to treat one another with more love and to protect and care for the light blue dot, the only home we have ever known.”
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