Voyager 1 Garble Resolved

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From: The National Aeronautics & Space Administration > Jet Propulsion Lab-California Institute of Technology
Engineers Solve Data Glitch on NASA's Voyager 1

August 30, 2022

Engineers have repaired an issue affecting data from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft. Earlier this year, the probe's attitude articulation and control system (AACS), which keeps Voyager 1's antenna pointed at Earth, began sending garbled information about its health and activities to mission controllers, despite operating normally. The rest of the probe also appeared healthy as it continued to gather and return science data.

The team has since located the source of the garbled information: The AACS had started sending the telemetry data through an onboard computer known to have stopped working years ago, and the computer corrupted the information. ...


Read more at: Voyager - Engineers Solve Data Glitch on NASA's Voyager 1
 

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