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March 14, 2024 11:43 PM
From November 2023 NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft facing communication problem.
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Voyager 1 sending messages but all information is devoid of usable data.
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Scientists analyze the problem, issue comes from Voyager's Flight Data Subsystem (FDS) that package data before transmission.
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On March 2024, mission team found some activity from one part of FDS which is different from other parts of FDS.
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One team member of Deep Space Network analyse new signal and found that signal contains entire FDS memory.
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FDS memory message contain variables and science data for transmission.
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Command called Poke said to Voyager-1 on March 1 due to 24 billion kilometers distance it takes 22.5 hr to reach the message.
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On March 3 they got message and on March 7 they decode data, on March 10 they determined it contains memory data.
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Scientists read the memory data and plan solution. But that will take time.
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