Pic of the Voyager spacecraft with a starry background

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1. AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 06:17:32 UTC AkaSci 🛰️

   NASA is sending a software update to the Voyager 2 spacecraft today!

   The patch contains logic to auto-recover from glitches similar to one in May 2022, when the AACS system on Voyager 1 started sending garbled data. The root cause was not fully diagnosed. The patch will be activated on Oct 28. Voyager 1 will be next.

   Data will be sent at 16 bps with a 96 kW transmitter using the 70-m dish at DSN Canberra.
   Distance: 20 billion km; 18:40 light hours

   https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-team-focuses-on-software-patch-thrusters
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