Graphic of Voyager 2 spacecraft from NASA

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1. AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 19:18:32 UTC AkaSci 🛰️

   Update on Voyager 2, which lost contact with earth on July 21 due a mispointed antenna.

   Voyager 2 is programmed to reset its orientation Oct 15; meanwhile, NASA is trying to make contact.

   On Jul 31, the DSN station in Canberra picked up a faint signal, not strong enough to decode. It shows that V2 is healthy and calling home periodically as programmed.

   On Aug 3, some commands were blasted out from Canberra (perhaps at higher power) in the hope that, V2 can decode it and repoint.

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