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EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe

EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2023–2024.

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EEVblog interviews Richard Stephenson of NASA's Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex about how the 70m DSS-43 dish is used to contact Voyager 2. It covers the ground antenna and low-noise receiver side of deep space communication. This is a 2023 re-release of a 2017 video.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared in Voyager news threads as an accessible look at the real equipment used to talk to the probes.

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“These three videos by EEVblog detail the ground based antennas and how it is contacted”
— 7373737373, Aug 2023, in “NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

wkat4242Oct 2024Recommends

Yeah totally. Here's a nice video on what NASA uses to communicate with it: ▶ this video Not something you'll put in your backyard :')

in “NASA reconnected with Voyager 1 after a brief pause” · View on HN

7373737373Aug 2023Recommends

These three videos by EEVblog detail the ground based antennas and how it is contacted: EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe: ▶ this video EEVblog 1547 (Part 2) - PINGing the Voyager 2 Space Probe!: [link] EEVblog 1547 (Part 3) - Tour of the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex: [link]

in “NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2” · View on HN

sho_hnJul 2023Cites it

Dave from EEVBlog just visited a facility communicating with Voyager 2: ▶ this video [link] There's a part 3 with a tour of the complex.

in “NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2” · View on HN

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Space exploration & spaceflightElectronics & circuit designvoyager 2nasa dsnradio antennascanberraeevblog