Re-communicates with NASA's 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft via radio transmitter

Latest News :- NASA scientists have re-established communication with NASA's 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft using a radio transmitter. Voyager 1 was launched by NASA 47 years ago for space exploration. Voyager 1 was the first spacecraft to pass within 15 billion miles of Earth. The Voyager spacecraft are in the interstellar region, beyond the Sun's atmosphere. Voyager 1 has so far discovered a thin ring-like region around Jupiter, five new moons orbiting the planet, and the G-ring around Saturn.

The spacecraft remained inactive for some time. NASA scientists were trying to re-establish contact with it. The Voyager spacecraft have two transmitters, X-band and S-band. If a message is sent from Earth to the Voyager spacecraft, it takes 23 hours to reach it. Similarly, it takes 23 hours to receive information from the Voyager spacecraft.

Astronomers sent a message to the Voyager 1 spacecraft on October 16. But the answer is no. The Voyager spacecraft were equipped to automatically activate the other transmitter if there was a problem with one transmitter. Its S-band transmitter operates on a different frequency. That frequency has not been used by NASA since 1981.

Now on 22nd of last month, a message was sent to the Voyager 1 spacecraft through that frequency. Voyager program manager Bruce Wagner said he received a response on the 24th of last month. The Voyager 1 spacecraft has now reestablished communication with Earth using a radio transmitter.