Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System
Engineers have shifted NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data.
Voyager - NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space
Voyager 2 now is slightly more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from Earth. Mission operators still can communicate with Voyager 2 as it enters this new phase of its journey, but information - moving at the speed of light - takes about 16.5 …
VOYAGER Space Flight Operations Schedule (SFOS) Issue Date: ... = R/T Command (Scheduled) * = Result of R/T Command n = (where n = 1,2,3 ..) Special Note, see bottom of page A = Arrayed station B = BLF D = Downlink only pass H = High Power Transmitter R = Array Reference Antenna T = TLC Uplink U = Uplink only pass
Voyager - The Spacecraft
Launch: Voyager 2 launched on August 20, 1977, from Cape Canaveral, Florida aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket. On September 5, Voyager 1 launched, also from Cape Canaveral aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket. › More Fast Facts
NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Pause
UPDATE, Aug. 4, 2023: NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2. The agency’s Deep Space Network facility in Canberra, Australia, sent the equivalent of an interstellar “shout” more than 12.3 billion miles (19.9 billion kilometers) to Voyager 2, instructing the spacecraft to reorient itself and turn its antenna back to Earth.
Voyager 2 at 12,000 Days: The Super-Marathon Continues
NASA's plucky Voyager 2 spacecraft has hit a long-haul operations milestone today (June 28) -- operating continuously for 12,000 days. For nearly 33 years, the venerable spacecraft has been returning data about the giant outer planets, and the characteristics and interaction of solar wind between and beyond the planets.
Voyager - Voyager Set to Enter Interstellar Space
Today, April 28, 2011, NASA held a live briefing to reflect on what the Voyager mission has accomplished--and to preview what lies ahead as the probes prepare to enter the realm of interstellar space in our Milky Way galaxy.
The two spacecraft are exploring regions of space never before encountered, building on the legacy of one of NASA’s most successful and productive missions. The Voyager Interstellar Mis-sion (VIM) is critical for meeting several science objectives of …
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LEGEND: = R/T Command (Last chance or Contingency) = R/T Command (Scheduled) = Result of R/T Command n = (where n = 1,2,3 ..) Special Note, see bottom of page. = Arrayed station. = BLF. = Downlink only pass. = High Power Transmitter. = Array Reference Antenna.
storm, struck Voyager 2 (62 AU) on January 12, 2001. During its six-month journey, the shock wave (average speed = 600 km/s) plowed through the solar wind, continually sweeping up and accelerating charged particles. High-energy, shock-energized ions bombarded Voyager 2 for over two months in early 2001 (see figure). Curves show intensities at ...