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How To Contact The Voyager 2 Probe (PART 1)

Dave Jones of EEVblog and Richard Stephenson tour the 70m DSS43 dish at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex and explain how NASA talks to Voyager 2. It covers the transmitters, receivers and tracking involved.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended in Voyager threads as the best look at how operators actually contact the probe.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
EEVdiscover
Topic
deep space communications
Format
tutorial
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2017–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Dave Jones of EEVBlog has a nice series of videos talking to Richard Stephenson, Operations Supervisor at the DSN's Canberra site. How To Contact The Voyager 2 Probe: Part 1: [VIDEO] Part 2: [LINK] Part 3: [LINK] (the playlist is a mess, and videos are …

    misterS on Hacker News · 2018-08
    In Deep Space Network Now: Status of communications with our deep space explorers

  • Video recommendation: How To Contact The Voyager 2 Probe ( [VIDEO] ) and Pinging The Voyager 2 Probe ( [LINK] ) by EEVDiscover

    7373737373 on Hacker News · 2023-04
    In NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Longer

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