AkaSci 🛰️Jul 28, 2023

Oops! Earth has temporarily lost contact with the Voyager 2 spacecraft.

A series of planned commands sent to the spacecraft on July 21 inadvertently caused its antenna to get mispointed by 2°. NASA can no longer send commands or receive data from Voyager 2 via the DSN.

Voyager 2 is programmed to reset its orientation periodically to keep its antenna pointing at Earth; the next reset will occur on Oct 15, which should restore communications.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2023/07/28/mission-update-voyager-2-communications-pause/
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Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Pause – The Sun Spot

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The two Voyager spacecraft have been traveling in space for close to 46 years.
Their power levels have dropped by about 50%, various instruments have been selectively shut off, yet the spacecraft continue to keep on going and going, sending back valuable science data from interstellar space.

Here are the locations and some vital stats on the two Voyager spacecraft, which were launched on Sept 5, 1977 and Aug 20, 1977 resp.

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-reaches-a-rare-space-milestone
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Voyager - Mission Status

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Jul 28, 2023 at 11:48pmWeb