Every day, how much speed does Voyager lose due to the sun's gravity?
Dec 5, 2024 · 18 The Voyager spacecraft will never be pulled back into the sun because it achieved escape velocity. But it's moving away slower and slower all the time. Voyager is currently moving …
Why is Voyager 1 faster than all other space probes?
Aug 13, 2017 · From the Wikipedia article, List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System: Although other probes were launched first, Voyager 1 was able to achieve a higher speed and has overtaken …
Does the Voyager team use a wrapper (Fortran(77?) to Python) to ...
Aug 7, 2019 · In the space probes themselves, General Electric's ancient processors do their work. They have to make do with a 64 kilobytes of memory (this interview explains that they are 64 kB, not less …
probe - How was magnetic tape decay prevented in Voyager 1?
I had recently learned that Voyager 1 uses magnetic tape to record data. Voyager 1 has been going on more or less strongly since 1977 (before I was even born!), and the wikipedia article states tha...
What were the speeds of Pioneer 10 and Voyager 1 when Voyager …
Feb 16, 2022 · On the 14th of February 1998 Voyager 1 passed Pioneer 10 to become the most distant human-made object in space, 10.4 billion kilometres from Earth (69.4 AU from the Sun). What were …
nasa - How do space probes find their way and how much fuel do they …
May 25, 2023 · How do space probes find their way, for example, to explore dangerous planets like Jupiter or Saturn that have powerful magnetic fields? Do scientists control it from stations in NASA or …
Why did we send those golden records on Voyager crafts?
Mar 22, 2014 · NASA site mentions following facts about Voyager. Did you know that the record is a 30-cm gold-plated copper disc? Together with a needle and playing instructions, it is mounted on the …
communication - How does Voyager 1 send signals to Earth? - Space ...
I recently studied that Voyager 1 has traveled a distance of 125.01 AU as of August 3rd, 2013. I wonder, how would it be able to communicate with the Earth? How much time does it take for the signa...
engines - Why can't Voyager 1 finally "settle down" to a stable ...
Sep 21, 2024 · 9 Why can't Voyager 1 finally "settle down" to a stable attitude, without needing "40 short puffs per day"? Because that would be impossible given the spacecraft design. The attitude thrusters …
What are the parameters of the Voyager high-gain antenna? - Space ...
Apr 8, 2024 · The Voyager spacecraft have a 3.66 m diameter parabolic high-gain antenna. I've had a nose around NASA's archives but I can't find the exact geometry of the parabola; specifically the …