Voyager 1 can't tell which way its facing, according to its new telemetry data by AndyTomaswick
One thing the bogus data hasn’t done is trigger any of the “safe mode” operating systems for the probe, which could have shut down much of its functionality. Other than the wonky data, Voyager 1 is operating normally and continues to send valuable scientific data from 14.5 billion miles away. It and its sister craft, Voyager 2, are our only probes to have currently gone outside of the solar system and are able to collect data where no one has gone before.
Voyager 2 seems to be acting fine as well, returning normal telemetry and other data from 12.1 billion miles away. That points to something specifically going wrong with Voyager 1’s systems. Potential solutions include software changes or switching to a redundant hardware system typically used for backup.
This wouldn’t be the first time Voyager’s engineers would bring up a backup system. In 2017, the probe’s main thrusters began to fail, so the flight engineers switched to thrusters that were initially used to maneuver the probe around planets back in the 70s. They worked like a charm, even though they hadn’t been used in 37 years.There is a longer-term problem, though – every year, the reactor that has been powering Voyager all this time produces four fewer watts per year.
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