NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2
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  • @reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31•2 years ago

    Would be cool to launch a satellite between Voyager and Earth that could act as a communication relay the farther away Voyager flies.

  • @mcesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24•2 years ago

    By my napkin math, from 32 billion km away, a 2deg error means Voyager 2 is pointing to a spot 1.12 billion km away from Earth (at right angles). That’s roughly the distance from Earth to Saturn 😅

  • TwoEnglish
    22•2 years ago

    The space org added that Voyager 2’s trajectory is expected to remain unchanged

    Yeah, if that starts changing then something very serious is going on.