Voyager Status, What is it? |
Voyager Status, What is it? |
Dec 6 2006, 05:48 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062 |
Anyone know the latest Voyager status? I've hear rumors, but I'm wondering if anyone has anything more concrete (I won't share the rumors, as I really don't know much about it, so...)
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Nov 22 2007, 11:52 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
"needed less propellant"
For what? V1 hasn't been consuming prop in an attempt to catch up. One could imagine that with 4 required targetting points, V2 would have required more prop for TCM's etc. However - perhaps V1's trajectory was slightly less optimal than V2's and thus it required more Delta-V for targetting. Doug |
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Nov 22 2007, 12:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
"needed less propellant - for what?"
The extra planetary encounters would also help point the craft to its next destination, thus saving propellant on trajectory changes. |
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