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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:
Oops! Earth has temporarily lost contact with the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
A series of planned commands sent to the spacecraft on July 21 inadvertently caused its antenna to get mispointed by 2°. NASA can no longer send commands or receive data from Voyager 2 via the DSN.
Voyager 2 is programmed to reset its orientation periodically to keep its antenna pointing at Earth; the next reset will occur on Oct 15, which should restore communications.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2023/07/28/mission-update-voyager-2-communications-pause/
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