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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Oct 13 2023, 04:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1592 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Optimistically they are exploring strategies to lessen fuel usage with Voyager 2 (presumably s/c 32 vs. 31), the nearer/slower, before also sending to V1. Same as they are trialing the voltage regulator turnoff first on V2.
Googling says that hydrazine was estimated to runout in ~10 years from now for V2, and the vreg* article (me, above) talks to that date now overlapping the years that science instruments will be active. So it may well just be trying to ensure proactively that hydrazine is not the limit that Pu238 will be. *vreg --> voltage reguator. Not a scrambling of vger. |
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