Are the Voyagers Still Transmitting?
But Farther—Much Farther—Voyager 1, One of the Oldest Space Probes and the Most Distant Human-Made Object from Earth, Is Still Doing Science. .. . but Even as...
But farther—much farther—Voyager 1, one of the oldest space probes and the most distant human-made object from Earth, is still doing science. ... But even as it drifts farther and farther from a dimming sun, it's still sending information back to Earth, as scientists recently reported in The Astrophysical Journal.
Is Voyager 1 still transmitting data?
Voyager 1 was actually the second of the twin spacecraft to launch, but it was the first to race by Jupiter and Saturn. ... However, Voyager 1's falling power supply means it will stop transmitting data by about 2025, meaning no data will flow back from that distant location.
Is Voyager 2 still transmitting?
Contact was reestablished on November 2, 2020, when a series of instructions was transmitted, subsequently executed, and relayed back with a successful communication message. On February 12, 2021, full communications with the probe were restored after a major antenna upgrade that took a year to complete.
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