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Voyager 1 is sending data back to Earth for the first time in 5 months | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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[–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately this is no longer true. Matsumoto's paper, "Voyager Interstellar Mission: Challenges of Flying a Very Old Spacecraft on a Very Long Mission" notes that the full suite of system simulators were not retained beyond the prime mission due to reliability problems, loss of expertise, and a move. This makes the team's recent achievements even more impressive.