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NY Post
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1 Aug 2023


NextImg:NASA loses contact with deep space satellite — the results could be costly

Somebody really spaced out on this one.

NASA has lost contact with its deep space, Voyager 2 satellite after giving the unmanned module an incorrect command two weeks ago.

On Tuesday, it was announced NASA had only first heard back from the vessel when a “heartbeat signal” was picked up by deep space network antennas massively positioned throughout Earth.

Learning that Voyager 2 — launched in 1977 to flyby our solar system’s outer, jovian planets — “buoyed our spirits” at NASA, project manager Suzanne Dodd wrote in an email to the AP said.

It’s now on flight controllers at NASA’s California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to attempt spinning Voyager 2’s antenna — off kilter by an impactful 2% — so it can face the Earth again to better receive signals, the Associated Press reported.

NASA has lost communication with the Voyager 2 satellite.
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If unsuccessful, NASA doesn’t have high hopes at the moment, the only other option is an automatic spacecraft reset scheduled for October.

“That is a long time to wait, so we’ll try sending up commands several times” prior, Dodd added.

Still, NASA is approaching the situation with a sense of humor by sharing social media posts from the interstellar satellite’s twin companion, Voyager 1.

“You might have heard… Voyager 2 is taking a break from sending data until October. In the meantime, I’m out here, almost 15 billion miles (24 billion km) from Earth and doing fine! – V1.”