NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

www.theregister.com NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2

Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess::Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

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Would be cool to launch a satellite between Voyager and Earth that could act as a communication relay the farther away Voyager flies.
- And then send another one to relay wit that one
  
  To be honest: keeping the chain alive would be great!
By my napkin math, from 32 billion km away, a 2deg error means Voyager 2 is pointing to a spot 1.12 billion km away from Earth (at right angles). That’s roughly the distance from Earth to Saturn 😅
The space org added that Voyager 2's trajectory is expected to remain unchanged

Yeah, if that starts changing then something very serious is going on.
Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess
- Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess
  
  Thankfully the phone regularly probes home to fix this sort of mess
  
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From 32 billion kilometres away, to be misaligned by only two degrees is impressive.
- Explain your joke please
  
  Not everything is a joke...

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