After several months of confused communication, the American space agency NASA will again receive evaluable data from the Voyager-1 spacecraft, which is currently the farthest from Earth, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) responsible for the spacecraft announced on Wednesday.
“For the first time since November, Voyager-1 is sending evaluable data about the condition and status of the technical equipment on boardJPL announced, adding that they are also working on sending scientific data from the spacecraft.
They found the silenced space probe, it turned out that it wasn’t even lost
The spacecraft turned its antenna away from Earth due to a wrong command.
Last year, Voayager-1’s communications malfunctioned from mid-November. Although there was still a radio signal, it did not provide usable data. Using a complicated procedure, the specialists were able to receive known data from the spacecraft despite a faulty microchip.
Voyager-1 is already 24 billion kilometers from Earth, and radio signals need more than 22 hours to reach our planet.
Voyager-1 launched on September 5, 1977 shortly after Voyager-2 was launched on August 20, 1977. The task of the two spacecraft was to observe the outer planets. Both spacecraft have already left the heliosphere.
There have been frequent communication problems, and last summer, for example, NASA was able to restore a temporarily lost connection with Voyager-2 after the spacecraft accidentally pointed its antenna away from Earth.
The spacecraft was sent the wrong command, lost contact with Voyager-2
NASA lost contact with the spacecraft after flight controllers mistakenly sent the wrong command to the craft.
