NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2
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Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess::Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

  • reddig33English
    38·
    2 years ago

    Would be cool to launch a satellite between Voyager and Earth that could act as a communication relay the farther away Voyager flies.

  • mceshEnglish
    35·
    2 years ago

    By my napkin math, from 32 billion km away, a 2deg error means Voyager 2 is pointing to a spot 1.12 billion km away from Earth (at right angles). That’s roughly the distance from Earth to Saturn 😅

  • TwoEnglish
    34·
    2 years ago

    The space org added that Voyager 2’s trajectory is expected to remain unchanged

    Yeah, if that starts changing then something very serious is going on.

  • gravaliciousEnglish
    295·
    2 years ago

    Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

  • Tatters@feddit.ukEnglish
    223·
    2 years ago

    From 32 billion kilometres away, to be misaligned by only two degrees is impressive.