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> The team started by singling out the code responsible for packaging the spacecraft’s engineering data. They sent it to its new location in the FDS memory on A
by jlaneve 2y ago
> The team started by singling out the code responsible for packaging the spacecraft’s engineering data. They sent it to its new location in the FDS memory on April 18. A radio signal takes about 22 ½ hours to reach Voyager 1, which is over 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth, and another 22 ½ hours for a signal to come back to Earth.
Talk about a slow feedback loop! And I get frustrated when I need to push code to a repo to test things in CI...
- lang4d 2y agoHopefully they have a few local benches to iterate on for testing.
- LAC-Tech 2y agoHow much data can you send in a single radio single? I assume it's not TCP/IP
- dgfitz 2y agoHave you investigated this or are you just asking? I imagine if you wish to learn the answer it is a few simple searches away. And by “imagine” I mean, it is.
- Dylan16807 2y agoYou can get raw bitrate numbers, not so much about the way transmissions are formatted.
- huytersd 2y agoPosting a question in a forum has its benefits though. A bunch of drive by folks end up picking up information they would never have gone through the trouble of researching themselves.
- akira2501 2y agoDownlink from Voyager to Earth is currently 40 bits/s but can be up to 160 bits/s. The signal is received at -160dBm or around 100 _zeptowatts_ (1e-22 kW).
- z500 2y agoMy internet is operating at about 1/100 normal speed today. It feels a bit like I've been remoting into a machine on Mars.
- HeckFeck 2y agoSo there is something with a worse ping than IP over Avian Carriers.