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Michael Busch Jul 28, 2023

Data downlink from Voyager 2 lost due to a pointing error on its antenna: https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2023/07/28/mission-update-voyager-2-communications-pause/

Although if I understand this correctly, the carrier is still detectable - it's just faint enough that the modulation isn't.

The spacecraft is expected to automatically repoint in mid-October.

Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Pause – The Sun Spot

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Michael Busch Aug 5, 2023

Voyager 2 was able to receive the "repoint now" command.

QT @canberradsn
2023 August 4

Two-way communications have been restored with #Voyager2
The good news was received through our 70-metre antenna dish, Deep Space Station 43 at 2:29pm AEST, 4th August. #DSS43

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Grandpa Don

@michael_w_busch @canberradsn
That is astonishingly cool. That we have folks who can do that, doing their job, probably underpaid for the skill and experience, working away unsung while the news talks about one stupid asshole after another is shameful.