NASA has lost contact with the legendary Voyager2 spacecraft after “inadvertently” sending it a command that caused its antenna to point away from Earth.
NASA has lost contact with the legendary Voyager 2 spacecraft after “inadvertently” sending it a command that caused the antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth.
Recommended Videos “This change has interrupted communication between Voyager 2 and the ground antennas of the Deep Space Network ,” NASA explained. “Data being sent by the spacecraft is no longer reaching the DSN, and the spacecraft is not receiving commands from ground controllers.” The good news is that a reorientation maneuver that Voyager 2 performs multiple times a year “should enable communication to resume,” the space agency said, adding that it expects Voyager 2 to remain on its planned trajectory until then.
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