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NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth

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Re: NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth

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Post by AstroJetson »

its_ethan wrote: post #50
AstroJetson wrote: post #45

Yep, 45 years old hardware, still getting software updates. Hey Apple, JPL is close to you, can you get someone to bike over and see how they do it? Thanks!

The current iOS 17 is compatible with the iPhone XS, which is from 2018. That's 6 years for a piece of tech that the majority of people replace after Also to nit pick, Apple is based in Cupertino (northern CA) and JPL is in Los Angeles - so it'd be quite a bike ride lol

I have an iPad Air from 2014 that hasn’t been able to get updates since iOS 12.5, so 2019. The electronics are fine, a browser update would be awesome. Would people not replace phones in Sorry about the distance thing. I’m from Philadelphia, so all of that (vaguely waving west) has got to be bikeable. But I’ll remember the /s for next time.

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Post by singleshot_ »

kibwen wrote: post #62
anotherhue wrote: post #2

Incredible to see the same faces in that photo as in the excellent documentary: https://www.itsquieterfilm.com/ Voyager might make it to 2027.

> Voyager might make it to 2027. With some amount of luck, Voyager might last ten more years beyond that: "Even if science data won't likely be collected after 2025, engineering data could continue to be returned for several more years. The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036, depending on how much power the spacecraft still have to transmit a signal back to E…

Can’t possibly say enough good things about this Jon Bois fellow.

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Post by JackFr »

drtgh wrote: post #3

How they manage to squeeze all the resources of the probe and keep it working year after year is an astounding achievement, pleasantly mind-blowing. It is important that all the know-how about this type of maintenance never disappear. I hope the designs in electronics that this team would have wanted to have available in the probe are implemented in the new designs.

I forget where I saw the headline, but it's still funny "Voyager: Please let me die. NASA: No."

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Post by karmakaze »

its_ethan wrote: post #50
AstroJetson wrote: post #45

Yep, 45 years old hardware, still getting software updates. Hey Apple, JPL is close to you, can you get someone to bike over and see how they do it? Thanks!

The current iOS 17 is compatible with the iPhone XS, which is from 2018. That's 6 years for a piece of tech that the majority of people replace after Also to nit pick, Apple is based in Cupertino (northern CA) and JPL is in Los Angeles - so it'd be quite a bike ride lol

I drove the route on the Pacific Coast Highway and wished I was on my bike instead (motorbike that is).

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Post by cancerboi »

kibwen wrote: post #62
anotherhue wrote: post #2

Incredible to see the same faces in that photo as in the excellent documentary: https://www.itsquieterfilm.com/ Voyager might make it to 2027.

> Voyager might make it to 2027. With some amount of luck, Voyager might last ten more years beyond that: "Even if science data won't likely be collected after 2025, engineering data could continue to be returned for several more years. The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036, depending on how much power the spacecraft still have to transmit a signal back to E…

What is this sbnation link? The text explodes and a calendar pops up.

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Post by doctor_eval »

kibwen wrote: post #62
anotherhue wrote: post #2

Incredible to see the same faces in that photo as in the excellent documentary: https://www.itsquieterfilm.com/ Voyager might make it to 2027.

> Voyager might make it to 2027. With some amount of luck, Voyager might last ten more years beyond that: "Even if science data won't likely be collected after 2025, engineering data could continue to be returned for several more years. The two Voyager spacecraft could remain in the range of the Deep Space Network through about 2036, depending on how much power the spacecraft still have to transmit a signal back to E…

That was remarkably good!
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