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NASA Loses Contact With Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Operating Almost 12.4 Billion Miles From Earth
NASA lost contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft and it's possible that communications won't resume until mid-October, NASA said.
August 1, 2023
NASA lost contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft and it's possible that communications won't resume until mid-October, the space agency said Friday.
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Voyager 2, located nearly 12.4 billion miles from Earth, is currently unable to send data back to Earth or receive commands. Contact was disrupted when a series of planned commands on July 21 accidentally caused the antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth.
A scheduled orientation reset is programmed for Oct. 15. NASA said it believes the orientation reset, which is designed to keep Voyager 2's antenna pointed at Earth, should allow communication to resume. NASA believes the spacecraft will stay on its planned trajectory from now until Oct. 15.
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