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Voyager uses Hydrazine thrusters for attitude (orientation) control, not gyros or momentum wheels.

There is enough Hydrazine to last until 2040 for V1 and 2048 for V2. But more likely, fuel line clogging and loss of power will end the mission in the 2030s.

The spacecraft contains 2 sets (branches) of 6 attitude propulsion thrusters and one set of 4 trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) thrusters. In Aug, V1 switched from the TCM set to a previously used set.

ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19
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Artist's drawing of the Voyager spacecraft in space The spacecraft itself is aptly shown in dark hues, reflecting the darkness of space. Source: NASA
10 September at 23:52 | Open on fosstodon.org
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Mikal with a k

@AkaSci

This is all vastly more interesting than that other thing that seems to be clogging the timeline at the moment.

11 September at 1:24 | Open on sfba.social
Bob Tregilus 🐧 📷

@AkaSci The Voyagers are amazing! Thanks for the report!

11 September at 1:28 | Open on fosstodon.org
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@elaterite @AkaSci just amazing isn't it. A little beacon of hope in what human ingenuity can achieve.

11 September at 3:46 | Open on fosstodon.org
Tursilion

@AkaSci I'm so jealous that the Voyager team gets to work with retro hardware and get paid for it, instead of just for fun. ;)

11 September at 7:00 | Open on furries.club
xaph but smaller 🐁

@AkaSci without the thrusters, it would no longer be able to orient the antenna towards earth and so we'd lose contact, hence mission end, is this correct?

11 September at 9:09 | Open on meemu.org
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