NASA reconfigures Voyager 2, ground stations for Uranus flyby

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May 1985

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Aviation Week and Space Technology (ISSN 0005-2175), vol. 122, May 20, 1985, p. 65, 68.

Computer Science

Uranus, Voyager 2, Spacecraft Observations, Mission Planning, Imagery, Remote Sensing, Computer Methods, Communications, Equipment, Procedure

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Changes have been implemented on board the Voyager 2 spacecraft and at NASA ground stations to ensure continued signal reception at both ends of the link. Voyager 2 will be 1.8 billion miles from earth during its Uranus encounter. The primary ground link will be the 64 m and two 34 m antennas at the NASA Australian complex. The data rate at which Voyager 2 will transmit will be slowed and image brightness data will decrease from 8 to 3 bits per pixel. The encounter with Uranus will occur in January 1986, followed by a pass by Neptune in August 1989. It is expected that the spacecraft will also fly within 18,000 miles of the moon Miranda, and may be able to detect weather patterns, if they exist, in the Uranus atmosphere.

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