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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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[-] mcesh@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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 😅

this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
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