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Voyager Spacecraft Hardware |
Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Jan 3 2006, 06:37 PM
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Some questions on the basic hardware of the Voyager spacecraft:
1. From which material was the decahedral space bus made ( Aluminium ? ) 2. Exact weight of the spacecraft - literature gives numbers between 792 and 825 kilograms ? Some additional questions: 1. The Deep Space Network of worldwide antenna sites wasn't sufficient to collect the faint signal of the distant spacecraft once beyond Saturn ... I know that the twenty-seven 25-meter steerable radio antennes of the Very Large Array in New Mexico were linked with DSN ... when was this done exactly? ( 1989 Neptune encounter only ? ) 2. What is the actual telecommunications time-lag 1-way to Earth (after having passed the bow-shock ) |
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Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Feb 3 2007, 04:27 PM
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Only some gif images labeled "unknown" ( = no NASA photo-number )
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/image/assembly.html |
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Feb 3 2007, 10:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Amazing pictures, Phil.
Can someone explain why the dark color of the blankets, contrary to the usual gold cover? Which material they used? -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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