Instead of important scientific data, the 46-year-old spacecraft is sending repetitive, meaningless binary code to Mission Control. According to experts, a malfunction in the FDS causes data transfer to “get stuck” while other systems are working.
Attempts to restart the system failed, prompting NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to seek alternative solutions.
But the enormous distance of 24 billion km from Earth means that even basic commands for Voyager 1 will take 45 hours.
Source: Ferra
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