Real Aetherness on Nostr: Voyager 1 is communicating again. ...
Voyager 1 is communicating again.
[theregister.com/2024/06/14/voyager_1_restored/](https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/14/voyager_1_restored/ )
The probe launched in 1977 and completed its primary mission - flybys of Jupiter and Saturn - in 1980, and since then it has been travelling deeper into space just chilling (literally) and enjoying the view.
Only four of the original eleven instruments on board are still operational, but that's enough for it to return interesting data for a little longer.
Both Voyager probes are powered by short-lived radioisotope generators, and within the next decade the power output will have been reduced to a point where none of the instruments will work. Shortly after that they will pass beyond the range of the Deep Space Network and we will lose contact until 2270.
[theregister.com/2024/06/14/voyager_1_restored/](https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/14/voyager_1_restored/ )
The probe launched in 1977 and completed its primary mission - flybys of Jupiter and Saturn - in 1980, and since then it has been travelling deeper into space just chilling (literally) and enjoying the view.
Only four of the original eleven instruments on board are still operational, but that's enough for it to return interesting data for a little longer.
Both Voyager probes are powered by short-lived radioisotope generators, and within the next decade the power output will have been reduced to a point where none of the instruments will work. Shortly after that they will pass beyond the range of the Deep Space Network and we will lose contact until 2270.