Have you ever wondered, what is the furthest thing that man has made? Perhaps many think, that man-made furry thing is mars lander. Or maybe a satellite to research jupiter. However, in fact the man-made furry thing is a pilotless aircraft with ancient technology.
The plane was a voyager 1 launched on September 5, 1977. The main mission of the voyager 1 was to investigate the planet of jupiter and saturnus, but improved again to examine the heliopause and interstellar space. On March 5, 1979, voyager 1 reached the planet of jupiter, and on November 12, 1980 the voyager 1 reached the planet of saturnus.
The voyager 1 power is 420 watts, sourced from thermoelectric generator radioisotopes. To communicate with the earth, voyager 1 uses a power transmitter of only about 22 watts, and it takes about 36 hours to communicate with the station on earth.
In 2015 the voyager 1 distance from the earth is about 19.7 billion kilometers, and to date the voyager 1 continues to go and away from our solar system. To extend the lifespan of a mission voyager 1 the researchers turn off instruments that are not needed to conserve battery power.
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