NASA's spacecraft Voyager 2 is experiencing an unplanned 'communications pause' and is currently unable to receive commands or transmit data back to Earth. Voyager 2 was one of two probes launched in the 1970s to explore planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 1, which is almost 15. 24 billion kilometers from Earth, continues to operate normally, NASA said in a statement. A routine sequence of commands has triggered a 2-degree change in Voyager 2’s antenna orientation, preventing the iconic spacecraft from receiving commands or transmitting data back to Earth. Voyager 2, one of two twin probes launched in the 1970s to explore planets in the outer solar system, is located some 19.9 billion kilometers from Earth and is continually moving deeper into interstellar space. The glitch has disrupted the probe’s ability to communicate with ground antennas operated by the Deep Space Network (DSN), and it’s unable to receive commands from the mission team on Earth, NASA explained. This change has interrupted communication between Voyager 2 and the ground antennas of the Deep Space Network. This means that the data being sent by the spacecraft is no longer reaching the DSN, and the spacecraft is not receiving commands from ground controllers.
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00:00 NASA's spacecraft Voyager 2 is experiencing an unplanned communications pause and is currently
00:09 unable to receive commands or transmit data back to Earth.
00:14 Voyager 2 was one of two probes launched in the 1970s to explore planets in the outer
00:20 solar system.
00:21 "Voyager 1, which is almost 15.24 billion kilometers from Earth, continues to operate
00:27 normally," NASA said in a recent statement.
00:31 A routine sequence of commands has triggered a two-degree change in Voyager 2's antenna
00:35 orientation, preventing the iconic spacecraft from receiving commands or transmitting any
00:40 data back to Earth.
00:42 Voyager 2, one of two twin probes launched in the 1970s to explore planets in the outer
00:48 solar system, is located some 19.9 billion kilometers from Earth and is continuously
00:53 moving deeper into interstellar space.
00:58 The glitch has disrupted the probe's ability to communicate with ground antennas operated
01:03 by the Deep Space Network (DSN) and it is unable to receive commands from the mission
01:08 team on Earth.
01:09 This change has interrupted communications between Voyager 2 and the ground antennas
01:13 of the Deep Space Network.
01:15 This means that the data being sent by the spacecraft is no longer reaching the DSN and
01:20 the spacecraft is not receiving any commands from ground controllers.
01:24 The spacecraft's antenna is no longer pointing towards Earth and NASA hopes it is a temporary
01:28 problem.
01:29 Voyager 2 is programmed to reset its orientation multiple times each year to keep its antenna
01:36 pointing at Earth and the next reset will occur on October 15, which should enable communications
01:42 to resume.
01:43 Despite the current communication hiatus, the mission team remains confident that Voyager
01:48 2 will stay on its planned trajectory.
01:52 The Voyager probes were initially designed to explore the outer planets of our solar
01:55 system, but these missions have continued trucking along even as the twin spacecraft
02:00 entered into the interstellar void.
02:04 Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has the distinction of being the most distant human-made object
02:12 from Earth, and it is the first spacecraft to venture into the interstellar medium, penetrating
02:17 the boundary in 2012.
02:23 Voyager 2 followed a different trajectory that enabled it to perform a close flyby of
02:28 Neptune in 1989.
02:30 The spacecraft entered interstellar space in 2018 and is currently exploring this poorly
02:35 understood region.
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