THE VIDEO SHELF · deep space communications
EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
Shared in Voyager news threads as an accessible look at the real equipment used to talk to the probes.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- EEVblog
- Topic
- deep space communications
- Format
- interview
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2024
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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: [VIDEO] EEVblog 1547 (Part 2) - PINGing the Voyager 2 Space Probe!: [LINK] EEVblog 1547 (Part 3) - Tour …
7373737373 on Hacker News · 2023-08
In NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2Yeah totally. Here's a nice video on what NASA uses to communicate with it: [VIDEO] Not something you'll put in your backyard :')
wkat4242 on Hacker News · 2024-10
In NASA reconnected with Voyager 1 after a brief pause
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