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Voyager 1 Restores Contact After Two-Day Communications Loss
Key Takeaways
- Voyager 1 failed to respond to Earth for about 48 hours between October 18 and 20.
- The spacecraft appears to have automatically switched from one thruster group to backups.
- At nearly one light-day away, a command and reply cycle takes roughly two days.
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DT Editorial Team··via space.com