NASA confirmed After communications with Voyager 1 were suspended in late October, the spacecraft regained its voice and resumed regular operations.
Voyager unexpectedly turned off its main radio transmitter known as its X-band before turning on the much weaker S-band transmitter in October.
The interstellar spacecraft is currently located about 15.4 billion miles from Earth, and the S-Band has not been in use for more than 40 years.
Communication between NASA and VOYAGER 1 Sometimes it was uneven and the switch to the lower band prevented the Voyager Mission team from downloading scientific data and information about the situation of the spacecraft.
NASA’s Voyager 1 spaceship is portrayed in the artist’s concept of traveling through interstellar space, or interstellar space entered in 2012. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Earlier this month, the team was able to reactivate the X-band transmitter and resume collecting data from four operations Science instruments Onboard Voyager 1.
Now that data can be collected and communications can resume, the engineer completes the remaining tasks and returns Voyager 1 to the state before any issues arise. One task is to reset the system to synchronize the three onboard computers in Voyager 1.
The S-Band was activated by the spacecraft’s fault protection system when the engineer activated the heater on the Voyager 1. The fault protection system automatically turned off systems that were not needed to maintain flight in order for the probe to continue to power critical systems.
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The NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft shown in this figure has been investigating the solar system since 1977 along with twin Voyager 2. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
But in the process, the probes have turned off all non-essential systems except scientific instruments, and NASA said it will turn off the X-band and activate the S-band, which uses less power.
Voyager 1 has not used the S-band to communicate with Earth since 1981.
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This illustration, provided by NASA, depicts the Voyager 1, the spacecraft that is the farthest from Earth. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California announced this week that four scientific instruments from the Voyager 1 have returned after technical issues. (NASA, file via AP)
Voyager 1’s Odyssey began in 1977 when the spacecraft and its twin Voyager 2 were launched on a tour of the gas giant in the solar system.
After taking in spectacular postcard views of Jupiter’s giant red spots and Saturn’s sparkling ring, Voyager 2 Hopscott Uranus and Neptune. Meanwhile, Voyager 1 used Saturn as a gravity power plant to move itself past Plput.
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Each spacecraft has 10 scientific instruments, and according to NASA, four people are currently being used to study particles, plasma and magnetic fields in interstellar space.
