NASA sends a shutdown signal to Voyager 2: It has received it at 2 billion kmwww.eldiario24.com/en/nasa-sends-a-shutdown-signal-voyager-2/2658/
1130 sats \ 7 comments \ @ch0k1 1 Nov news
After 47 years of operation, NASA sends a shutdown to Voyager 2 which has been sending communication to Earth within a distance of 2 billion kilometres. This shutdown was done to handle the spacecraft’s electrical power source being gradually reduced. In 1977, the Voyager 2 was launched. In addition to discovering new planetary moons, it was the first spacecraft to sail by the two planets, Uranus and Neptune.
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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @Cje95 1 Nov
So from what I’m hearing no Voyager 2 isn’t shut down. They turned off another instrument something they have done with each voyager but no it has not shut down.
Via SpaceandDefense.io
Voyager 2 has enough power to keep running one science instrument into the 2030s, but doing that requires selecting which of its other instruments need to be turned off.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @ch0k1 OP 1 Nov
Interesting which of these "news" outlets is lying/deceiving...
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Cje95 1 Nov
I asked at work we haven’t shut it down
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ch0k1 OP 1 Nov
You work for NASA?
The article title is actually deceiving because after reading the article more thoroughly I found out they make themselves clear that NASA is doing "gracefully" system shit downs to save energy.
NASA recently made one of its hard decisions to close down Voyager 2 after four decades of discovery. This was done out of care and consideration to preserve the spacecraft’s energy for future use. Although it generates a little less power per year, the spacecraft is powered by a generator that uses heat from decaying plutonium to create electricity. NASA wants to continue using the Voyager 2 until the 2030s.
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 1 Nov
The Science, Space, and Technology Committee. We actually passed the NASA Reauth Act of 2024 out of the House in Sept.
NASA is almost exclusively in our jurisdiction so I’m going to trust my coworkers on the Space side lol!
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @ch0k1 OP 1 Nov
Ok, thanks for the clarification and argumentations. This makes the factology even more trustworthy
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 1 Nov
No problem! If I hear differently I will be sure to let ya know! I love those two probes
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