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Voyager 1 Talks Some Nonsense, But Is Still Working
The Voyager 1 interplanetary probe was launched in 1977 and has now reached interstellar space where it is the furthest-traveled man-made object. It's hugely exceeded its original mission and continues to return valuable scientific data, but there's an apparent fault which is leaving its controllers perplexed. Onboard is an attitude control system which keeps the craft's antennas pointing at Earth, and while it evidently still works (as we're still in touch with the probe) and other systems are fine, it's started returning incomprehensible data. Apparently it's developed a habit of reporting random data, or states the antenna can't possibly be in.
That a 45 year old computer is still working at all is testament to the skills of its designers, and at 14.5 billion miles away a repair is impossible however much we'd be fascinated to know about the failure modes of old electronics in space. It's postulated that they might simply live with the fault if the system is still working, issue a software fix, or find some way to use one of the craft's redundant systems to avoid the problem. Meanwhile we can rest easily in our beds, because we're still a couple of centuries away from its return as a giant alien sentient machine.
We've featured the Voyager program a few times before here at Hackaday, not least when we took a close look at one of its instruments.
Thanks [Jon Woodcock] for the tip.
Apollo Comms Flight Hardware Deep Dive
You no doubt recall the incredible Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) reverse engineering and restoration project featured on the CuriousMarc YouTube channel a few years ago. Well, [Marc] and the team are at it again, this time restoring the Apollo Unified S-Band tracking and communication system flight hardware. As always, the project is well documented, carefully explained, full of problems, and is proceeding slowly despite the lack of documentation.
Like the guidance computer, the Unified S-Band system was pretty innovative for its day -- able to track, provide voice communications, receive television signals, and send commands to and monitor the health of the spacecraft via telemetry. The system operates on three frequencies, an uplink containing ranging code, voice and data. There are two downlinks, one providing ranging, voice, and telemetry, the other used for television and the playback of recorded data. All crammed into two hefty boxes totaling 29 kg.
So far, [Marc] has released part 9 of the series (for reference, the Apollo Guidance Computer took 27 parts plus 8 auxiliary videos). There seems to be even less documentation for this equipment than the AGC, although miraculously the guys keep uncovering more and more as things progress. Also random pieces of essential ground test hardware keep coming out of the woodwork. It's a fascinating dive into not only the system itself, but the design and construction techniques of the era. Be sure to check out the series (part 1 is below the break) and follow along as they bring this system back to life. [Marc] is posting various documents related to the project on his website. And if you missed the AGC project, here's the playlist of videos, and the team joined us for a Hackaday Chat back in 2020.
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