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EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe

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What it is

EEVblog interviews Richard Stephenson of NASA's Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex about how the 70m DSS-43 dish is used to contact Voyager 2. It covers the ground antenna and low-noise receiver side of deep space communication. This is a 2023 re-release of a 2017 video.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared in Voyager news threads as an accessible look at the real equipment used to talk to the probes.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “These three videos by EEVblog detail the ground based antennas and how it is contacted”

    Details ground antennas and how Voyager 2 is contacted.

    7373737373, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2”

  2. “Here's a nice video on what NASA uses to communicate with it”

    Shows the equipment NASA uses to communicate with Voyager.

    wkat4242, 2024-10 · Recommendation · in “NASA reconnected with Voyager 1 after a brief pause”

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Topics: voyager 2, nasa dsn, radio antennas, canberra, eevblog

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