Mysterious problem on Voyager, which has been on the road for 45 years
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In the press release made on the website of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Voyager 1, which has been continuing its exploration mission in the depths of space for 45 years, pointed to the “incompatibility between the activities it carries out and the data it sends to the center”.
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“The interstellar explorer is operating normally, receiving and executing commands from Earth as well as collecting and returning science data. However, the readings from the probe’s attitude articulation and control system (AACS) do not reflect what is actually happening on board,” the JPL engineers said in a statement. statement was given.
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‘ANTENNAS STILL TURNED TO THE WORLD’
Stating that they are sure that Voyager’s antenna is still facing the Earth and its signals are strong, the JPL team noted that they are trying to determine whether this false data came directly from this device or if another system caused it.
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Voyager 1, which was sent into space in 1977 to conduct research outside the solar system’s sphere of influence, is 23.3 billion kilometers from Earth and Voyager 2 is 19.5 billion kilometers away.
Due to its interstellar location, Voyager 1 takes 20 hours and 33 minutes to travel one way, and therefore it takes two days for a message between NASA and Voyager to come and go.
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