AMAZING FACTS ABOUT VOYAGER YOU DON'T KNOW

AMAZING FACTS ABOUT VOYAGER DON'T KNOW

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Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System, Voyager 1 launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. Having operated for 40 years, 10 months and 4 days as of July 9, 2018, the spacecraft still communicates with the Deep Space Network to receive routine commands and return data. At a distance of 142.31 astronomical units (2.1289×1010 km; 1.3229×1010 mi) (21.289 billion kilometers; 13.229 billion miles) from the Sun as of June 4, 2018, it is the spacecraft most distant from Earth.

After completing its primary mission with the flyby of Saturn on November 12, 1980, Voyager 1 became the third of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity that will allow them to leave the Solar System. On August 25, 2012, Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to cross the heliopause and enter the interstellar medium.

Voyager 1's extended mission is expected to continue until around 2025 when its radioisotope thermoelectric generators will no longer supply enough electric power to operate its scientific instruments.

GOLDEN RECORD

Each Voyager space probe carries a gold-plated audio-visual disc in case the spacecraft should ever be found by intelligent life forms from other planetary systems.[87] The disc carries photos of the Earth and its lifeforms, a range of scientific information, spoken greetings from people such as the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the United States and a medley, "Sounds of Earth," that includes the sounds of whales, a baby crying, waves breaking on a shore, and a collection of music, including works by Mozart, Blind Willie Johnson, Chuck Berry, and Valya Balkanska. Other Eastern and Western classics are included, as well as various performances of indigenous music from around the world. The record also contains greetings in 55 different languages

Year End of specific capabilities as a result of the available electrical power limitations

2007 Termination of plasma subsystem (PLS)

2008 Power off Planetary Radio Astronomy Experiment

2016 Termination of scan platform and Ultraviolet Spectrometer (UVS) observations

2018 approx Termination of Data Tape Recorder (DTR) operations (limited by ability to capture 1.4 kbit/s data using a 70 m/34 m antenna array; this is the minimum rate at which the DTR can read out data)

2019–2020 approx Termination of gyroscopic operations (previously 2017, but backup thrusters active for continuation of gyroscopic operations.)

2020 Start shutdown of science instruments (as of October 18, 2010 the order is undecided, however the Low-Energy Charged Particles, Cosmic Ray Subsystem, Magnetometer, and Plasma Wave Subsystem instruments are expected to still be operating)

2025–2030 Will no longer be able to power any single instrument.
voyager 1 journey | shut down 2030

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[icekold]

I’ve watched two of your videos, why do you flash things on the screen without enough time to read them?

[JimButler]

As amazing as this all is, it's also a little sad. It's going to be a cold cold night for Voyager once the lights go completely out.