minus-squareluves2spooge@lemmy.worldtoSpace@lemmy.world•Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981linkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 days agoI think for the Voyager launches the planets and the sun were aligned in such a way that the probes could be slingshotted around them to gain speed. I think such an alignment is quite rare? linkfedilink
I think for the Voyager launches the planets and the sun were aligned in such a way that the probes could be slingshotted around them to gain speed. I think such an alignment is quite rare?