What is NASA’s Voyager-1?

Voyager-1 is NASA’s space probe to study the outer solar system and interstellar space. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977. It has been exploring the solar system since 1977. It was first spacecraft to travel to the interstellar space and. Voyager-1 reached interstellar space in year August 2012. It establishes links with Earth using the NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN). It was originally launched to study Jupiter and Saturn. It claims the title of Farthest human made Spacecraft.

When did Voyager-1 got Revived?

24 October 2024 marked the revival of NASA’s Voyager-1 spacecraft as NASA was able to reestablish contact with it. Voyager-1 reestablished the links with Earth after a brief technical fault.

Technical system of Voyager-1.

Voyager 1 has three radioisotope thermometric generators (RTGs). And it has three computers that work together to control and operate the spacecraft. It has a memory of 70 kilobytes to store the collected data.

• Moreover, Voyager-1 has several scientific instruments including Imaging Science System, Ultraviolet Spectrometer, Planetary Radio Astronomy Experiment (PRA) and Photopolarimeter. It uses high gain antenna to send collected data back to Earth.