Voyager Mission Operations Status
Report # 2012-02-10, Week Ending February 10, 2012
Command Transmission &
Verification Operations
Voyager
1 command operations consisted of the uplink of a Command Loss Timer Reset on 02/07
[DOY 038/1445z]. The spacecraft received
the command.
There were
no command operations in support of Voyager 2 during the period.
Sequence Generation Operations
Complete
sequence development of CCSL A082B.
Data Return Operations
Voyager
1 Data Processing and Operations:
There were 38.8 hours of DSN scheduled support for
Voyager 1 of which 28.9 hours were large aperture coverage. There were no real-time or schedule support
changes made or significant outages during the period.
Science instrument performance was nominal for all activities during this period. One frame of GS-4 data was recorded this week. A second frame of GS-4 data was recorded on February 10. The EDR backlog is 2 days.
Voyager
2 Data Processing and Operations:
There were 34.8 hours of DSN scheduled support for
Voyager 2 of which 9.8 hours were large aperture coverage. There were no real-time or schedule support
changes made or significant outages during the period.
Science instrument performance was nominal for all activities during this period. The EDR backlog is 2 days.
Flight System Performance
Voyager
1 performance was nominal during this report period.
Voyager
2 performance was nominal during this report period. Activity included a PMPCAL on 2/7 (DOY 038).
PROPELLANT/POWER CONSUMABLES STATUS
AS OF THIS REPORT
|
Spacecraft |
Consumption One Week (Gm) |
Propellant Remaining (Kg) |
Output (Watts) |
Margin (Watts) |
|
1 |
44.32* |
23.52 |
266.6 |
33 |
|
2 |
5.11 |
26.99 |
267.8 |
39 |
*MAGROL,
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RANGE, VELOCITY AND ROUND TRIP LIGHT
TIME AS OF THIS REPORT
|
|
Voyager 1 |
Voyager 2 |
|
Distance
from the Sun (Km) |
17,911,000,000 |
14,615,000,000 |
|
Distance
from the Sun (Mi) |
11,129,000,000 |
9,081,000,000 |
|
Distance
from the Earth (Km) |
17,961,000,000 |
14,720,000,000 |
|
Distance
from the Earth (Mi) |
11,161,000,000 |
9,146,000,000 |
|
Total
Distance Traveled Since Launch (Km) |
23,837,000,000 |
22,819,000,000 |
|
Total
Distance Traveled Since Launch (Mi) |
14,811,000,000 |
14,179,000,000 |
|
Velocity
Relative to Sun (Km/sec) |
17.049 |
15.448 |
|
Velocity
Relative to Sun (Mi/hr) |
38,136 |
34,555 |
|
Velocity
Relative to Earth (Km/sec) |
22.062 |
29.625 |
|
Velocity
Relative to Earth (Mi/hr) |
49,351 |
66,269 |
|
Round
Trip Light Time (hh:mm:ss) |
33:16:02 |
27:16:30 |