Voyager 2 Is Back Again Online With NEW Images After 45 Years In Interstellar Space

Voyager 2 Is Back Again Online With NEW Images After 45 Years In Interstellar Space

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Voyager 2 has been around for a long time now. An unmanned explorer spacecraft is headed out into the expanse of space to gather information about our cosmos. The data-gathering spacecraft began its journey on August 20, 1977, when it was sent into space from Cape Canaveral in Florida. To this day, it is continuously sending information to Earth. The purpose of the Voyager 2 mission was to investigate the furthest reaches of our solar system. During its journey, the spacecraft visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, where it conducted in-depth observations of each planet. Even now, Voyager 2 is still traveling through space and as each day passes, it gets further and farther away from planet earth. It is currently located somewhere in the depths of interstellar space, around 11 billion miles distant from our home planet. Because of this distance, it takes a significant amount of work to stay in communication with Voyager 2.

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Even if radio waves traveled at the speed of light, it would take an extremely long time for a signal to travel from Voyager 2 to Earth and back again. However, Voyager 2 has now been brought back online. "How?" you may be wondering. Following improvements to one of the antennas in NASA's deep space network in 2020, Voyager 2 was able to contact NASA.

The DSN or the Deep Space Network is made up of a network of large antennas located all over the world. Madrid, Spain; Goldstone, California; and Canberra, Australia are locations where the network has antennas. All spacecraft in the line of sight can broadcast and receive signals at any moment.

Despite its extensive coverage, the DSN voyager 2 is challenging to keep up with. In 1989, during a flyby with Neptune's moon Triton, the space probe was diverted to the south and as a result, it is no longer in line of sight with the antennas at Goldstone and Madrid. The sole antenna capable of communicating with Voyager 2 is Deep Space Station 43 (DSS 43) in Canberra.

To better communicate with Voyager 2, the DSS-43 antenna underwent a comprehensive upgrade and repair procedure. In addition, the DSS-43 transceivers haven't been upgraded in 47 years, so they're in desperate need of a "promotion."

Even though the antenna was fixed, Voyager 2 continued sending scientific data back to Earth, and NASA could hear the transmissions. But without DSS-43, they could not relay instructions to the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Using an improved DS-43, Earth may once again communicate with the Voyager 2 mission.

However, due to the immense distance between Earth and the space probe, Earth would take 17 hours to send orders to Voyager 2. As a result, Earth would take 17 hours to send instructions to Voyager 2 and another 17 hours for Voyager 2 to broadcast a response back to Earth. That's a round journey for radio signals that takes 34 hours, equivalent to nearly a day and a half.

Where in deep space is Voyager 2 now?
The space probe, which is already 44 years old, operates in an area known as interstellar space. To put it another way, it's somewhere in our galaxy between the sun and other stars. To be more exact, the space probe has penetrated what is known as the heliosphere, which is a bubble of plasma generated by the solar winds. The heliosphere shields the solar system from the harmful effects of radiation and other stellar objects.

There are a lot of cosmic rays in interstellar space because of exploding stars that create a lot of radiation. Those rays can't get into our solar system because of the heliosphere. Now, exactly where is the heliosphere located? As a matter of fact, the heliosphere extends somewhat beyond the solar system, which means that Voyager 2 has, in all practical terms, already left the solar system. In other words, it has stepped into the unknown.

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[augustinekimbowa]

I heard with excitement about its approaching Saturn flyby in 1981 when I was 16, followed its journey with great interest until now. I am fascinated by human kind's inexhaustible search for knowledge and truth. AK

[philipbenjamin]

I have learnt lots especially about space and the Golden record

[sarahughes]

Science is just amazing; the fact that Voyager 2 is still going and still communicating after 47 years is truly astonishing and hopefully it will provide so much more information before it’s offline. It’s a pity that the cameras are no longer enabled but the photos that we have seen are absolutely breathtaking.

[petermontagnon]

I watched the launch back then and it is amazing she is still sending back information !!!!

[audigit]

Thank you for sharing this important information that I'm sure has been thought of as science fiction by generations born after that amazing launch decades ago. I'm amazed that we continue to upgrade communication with such old equipment, even now after launch, and upgrade comms as it gathers huge volumes of data even today!

[michaelccopelandsr]

I truly LOVE how it's not 100% impossible for the movie, "Star Trek: the Motion Picture, " to actually still happen. Go, Vyger, Go! As it should be

[kvline]

Your title of this episode is a bit of a misnomer, considering Voyager 2 is "back on line" but NOT with any "NEW Images after 45 Years in Interstellar Space." Where are the images?

[arthurwagar]

Very interesting. Amazing workmanship. I wonder what the annual budget for that project is?

[chrisvaiuso]

I wish we could rename Uranus.
Also, I wish this video talked more about current discoveries like the thumbnail implied, instead of giving a basic mission summary.

[michaelccopelandsr]

My idea so I get to name it! Voyager 1 is now in interstellar TIME! (Mikey's Time) Think of it like Alvin and the chipmunks. It's message is fine. It's just sped up now that it's outside our suns time bubble. Now that "Vyger" is in interstellar space, it's also in a faster moving interstellar TIME or "Mikey's Time." Duh! As it should be

[imfloridano]

I think space insects are now controlling voyager and steering it to their nest for their kiddies to play with.