Post by rubl on Feb 5, 2020 13:32:48 GMT 7
Talk about remote control, with commands taking 17 hours to get to Voyager2.
"NASA is trying to save Voyager 2 after a power glitch shut down its instruments
Last Saturday, Voyager 2’s software shut down all five of the scientific instruments onboard because the spacecraft was consuming way too much power. Engineers at NASA don’t know what triggered this energy spike and are currently trying to get the interstellar probe back to normal operations.
What happened: About 11.5 billion miles away, Voyager 2 was supposed to make a scheduled 360-degree rotation that would help calibrate its magnetometer (used to measure magnetic fields). The spacecraft delayed this move for still unknown reasons, leaving two other internal systems running at high power. The onboard software decided to offset this power deficit by shutting down the five scientific instruments still working."
www.technologyreview.com/f/615121/nasa-is-trying-to-save-voyager-2-after-a-power-glitch-shut-down-its-instruments/
"NASA is trying to save Voyager 2 after a power glitch shut down its instruments
Last Saturday, Voyager 2’s software shut down all five of the scientific instruments onboard because the spacecraft was consuming way too much power. Engineers at NASA don’t know what triggered this energy spike and are currently trying to get the interstellar probe back to normal operations.
What happened: About 11.5 billion miles away, Voyager 2 was supposed to make a scheduled 360-degree rotation that would help calibrate its magnetometer (used to measure magnetic fields). The spacecraft delayed this move for still unknown reasons, leaving two other internal systems running at high power. The onboard software decided to offset this power deficit by shutting down the five scientific instruments still working."
www.technologyreview.com/f/615121/nasa-is-trying-to-save-voyager-2-after-a-power-glitch-shut-down-its-instruments/
