IVoyager 1, eyona nto ikude kakhulu eyenziwe ngumntu kwimbali, iphinde yaqala ukuthumela umqondiso kwi umhlaba emva kwesithuba seenyanga ezintlanu. Nge-14 kaNovemba ka-2023, yayiyekile ukuthumela idatha yesayensi kunye nobunjineli efundekayo eMhlabeni kulandela impazamo kwiikhompyuter ezingaphakathi nangona yayifumana imiyalelo evela kulawulo lobuthunywa kwaye ngenye indlela isebenza ngokwesiqhelo.
Iikhompyuter ezintathu ezisebhodini, ezibizwa ngokuba yi-flight data subsystem (FDS) epakisha idatha yesayensi nobunjineli phambi kokuba ithunyelwe umhlaba khange isebenze kakuhle kuba itshiphu enye kunye nezinye iikhowudi zesoftware bezingasebenzi. Oku kwenza ukuba idatha yenzululwazi nobunjineli ingasetyenziswa. Indlela entsha yokulungisa lo mba yaba yimpumelelo kwaye iqela lobuthunywa livile kwiVoyager 1 ngomhla wama-20 kuTshazimpuzi ka-2024 kwaye lakwazi ukujonga impilo kunye nesimo sesiphekepheke emva kwesithuba seenyanga ezintlanu.
Inyathelo elilandelayo kukwenza ukuba isiphekepheke siqalise ukubuyisela idatha yesayensi kwakhona.
Okwangoku, iVoyager 1 ingaphezulu kweebhiliyoni zeekhilomitha ezingama-24 ukusuka umhlaba. A unomathotholo Umqondiso uthatha malunga neeyure ezingama-22 ½ ukufikelela kwiVoyager 1 kunye nezinye iiyure ezingama-22 ½ ukubuyela umhlaba.
Iwele Uhambo iziphekepheke zezona zihamba ixesha elide kunye nezona zikude kwimbali.
IVoyager 2 yasungulwa okokuqala, ngomhla wama-20 ka-Agasti 1977; IVoyager 1 yaphehlelelwa kwindlela ekhawulezayo, emfutshane nge-5 kaSeptemba 1977. Ukusukela oko yasungulwa, iVoyager 1 kunye ne-2 yeenqwelomoya ziyaqhubeka nohambo lwazo lweminyaka engama-46 kwaye ngoku zihlola iinkwenkwezi. isithuba apho kungekho nto umhlaba ikhe yabhabha ngaphambili.
YayiyiVoyager 1 eyathatha edumileyo Ichaphaza eliBhulu eliPale ifoto ye umhlaba ngomhla we-14 kuFebruwari 1990, ukusuka kumgama orekhodiweyo omalunga neebhiliyoni ezi-6 zeekhilomitha ngaphambi kokushiya isijikelezi-langa.
Ngomhla wama-25 ka-Agasti 2012, iVoyager 1 yenza imbali xa ingena kwi-interstellar isithuba. Yayisisiphekepheke sokuqala ukunqumla iheliosphere. Yinto yokuqala eyenziwe ngumntu ukungena kwi-interstellar isithuba.
Ngaphambi kokungena kwi-interstellar isithuba, iVoyager 1 yenza igalelo elibalulekileyo kulwazi lwethu lwesixokelelwano sezijikelezi-langa. Ifumene iringi ebhityileyo ejikeleze iJupiter kunye neenyanga ezimbini ezintsha zeJovian: iThebe kunye neMetis. ESaturn, iVoyager 1 yafumana iinyanga ezintlanu ezintsha kunye nomsesane omtsha obizwa ngokuba yi-G-ring.
I-Voyager Interstellar Mission (VIM) iphonononga eyona ndawo ingaphandle yendawo ye-Sun. Kwaye ngaphaya.
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Imithombo:
- I-Voyager ye-NASA ye-1 iqala kwakhona ukuthumela uHlaziyo lobuNjineli kwi umhlaba. Ithunyelwe nge-22 kuTshazimpuzi 2024. Iyafumaneka e https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth
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