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NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess (www.theregister.com)

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NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess::Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I’m being glib here, but from 32 billion km away, a 2deg error means Voyager 2 is pointing to a spot 1.12 billion km away from Earth (at right angles). That’s roughly the distance from Earth to Saturn 😅