20 ms·
Does anyone know any details on what kind of software runs on Voyager 2 and how they program it from Earth? Is there just a list of predefined commands (activa
by MartinMond 15y ago
Does anyone know any details on what kind of software runs on Voyager 2 and how they program it from Earth?
Is there just a list of predefined commands (activate this, deactivate that, send images) or do they overwrite the 'firmware' with each upload or ...
- hartror 15y agoFirmware, see: http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_Fixes_Bug_On_Voyager_2_999.html http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_Fixes_Bug_On_Voyage... In this case they downloaded the firmware from Voyager 2 and found a flipped bit.
- kmm 15y agoIt surprises me how little information about the Voyagers is on the internet. I'd love to know everything about what makes them tick.
- js2 15y agoTry exploring http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/index.html and http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ The later has weekly mission reports all the way back to 1995. I also just submitted information about its onboard computers: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3204224 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3204224
- MartinMond 15y agoI found something: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/faq.html http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/faq.html search for "What kind of computers are used on the Voyager spacecraft?"