Voyager Status, What is it? |
Voyager Status, What is it? |
Oct 3 2024, 05:19 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 13-August 23 Member No.: 9270 |
I guess they couldn't delay it any longer, but tbf, they managed to delay it for years. Who could have known that it would last this long
-------------------- It was fun while it lasted
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Oct 3 2024, 07:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1597 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
It's interesting that there are three sunward-facing sensors that would have given a direction of the wind away from the sun. But now those sensors don't see solar wind because it's outside the bubble.
Article mentioned there is a sensor that's orthogonal to the vector that V2 is on... maybe a sort of flux sensor, so 29 days a month that is measuring the same flux, but once a month the spacecraft rolls, and it would see the flux across the 360 degrees of the roll. QUOTE Who could have known that it would last this long Perhaps by turning it off, the mean time before failure for this instrument goes from 25 years to infinity/2. So that means we should expect it to last forever. |
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