Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – NASA reports that it lost contact with Voyager 2 some time ago. The plane that once passed Neptune is said to have received the wrong command from a station on Earth.
NASA describes accidentally asking the plane to tilt its antenna to a point two degrees from Earth. This incident was reported to have occurred on July 21, 2023.
As a result, Voyager 2 cannot receive commands or send data back to this planet, quoted from Yahoo, Wednesday (2/8/2023).
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After days of being lost, NASA finally heard back from Voyager 2.
“NASA’s Deep Space Network, a giant worldwide radio antenna, picked up a “heartbeat signal,” which means the 46-year-old craft is up and running,” said project manager Suzanne Dodd. APNews.
On October 15, 2023, the plane will reset and correct the error and move its antenna back to Earth.
During that time, Voyager 2 is expected to follow its planned trajectory. Simultaneously, the NASA Team will also continue to enter the correct commands while the aircraft can detect signals.
Voyager 2 took off from Earth in 1977. In 1979, the spacecraft made it past Jupiter and in 1981 it was on Saturn.
Then in 1986, Voyager 2 was on Uranus. In 1989, the spacecraft was closest to Neptune at a speed of 19 km per second.
After passing Neptune, Voyager flew again. Five hours later, the plane flew 40,000 kilometers from Neptune’s largest moon, Triton.
Next Voyager 2 continues to fly until now or 46 years after launching from Earth. Currently, the plane is estimated to be more than 19.9 billion kilometers from Earth.
Voyager 2 has continued its journey at 34,390 miles per hour (55,345 km/h) in outer space.
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