EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe
Why Hacker News recommends it
Shared in Voyager news threads as an accessible look at the real equipment used to talk to the probes.
What it is
EEVblog interviews Richard Stephenson of NASA's Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex about how the 70m DSS-43 dish is used to contact Voyager 2. It covers the ground antenna and low-noise receiver side of deep space communication. This is a 2023 re-release of a 2017 video.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2023 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Recommends 7373737373 · 2023-08 · on “NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2”
These three videos by EEVblog detail the ground based antennas and how it is contacted: EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe: [this video] EEVblog 1547 (Part 2) - PINGing the Voyager 2 Space Probe!: [LINK] EEVblog 1547 (Part 3) - Tour of the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex: [LINK]
Recommends wkat4242 · 2024-10 · on “NASA reconnected with Voyager 1 after a brief pause”
Yeah totally. Here's a nice video on what NASA uses to communicate with it: [this video] Not something you'll put in your backyard :')
Cites sho_hn · 2023-07 · on “NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2”
Dave from EEVBlog just visited a facility communicating with Voyager 2: [this video] [LINK] There's a part 3 with a tour of the complex.