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Voyager 1 is still transmitting from beyond the heliosphere on 22 watts — less power than the bulb in your hallway — and the engineers who built it in the 1970s never expected we'd still be listening (spacedaily.com)
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[–] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 18 hours ago

So it generates about 18 Watts of power while transmitting.

Impressive!