Voyager
Mission Operations Status Report # 2012-10-19, Week Ending October 19, 2012
Command Transmission & Verification Operations
Voyager 1 command operations consisted of the
uplink of a Command Loss Timer Reset on 10/15 [DOY 289/2000z]. The spacecraft received the command.
There were no command operations in support of Voyager 2 during the
period.
Sequence
Generation Operations
Data
Return Operations
Voyager 1 Data Processing and Operations:
There were 41.3 hours of
DSN scheduled support for Voyager 1 of which 37.2 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 October 13. The EDR backlog
is 9 days.
Voyager 2 Data Processing and Operations:
There were 41.8 hours of
DSN scheduled support for Voyager 2 of which 24.1 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 9 days.
Flight
System Performance
Voyager 1 performance was nominal during this
report period. Activities included
switching to X-Band high power followed by DTR PWS payback part 1 on 10/17 (DOY
291) and DTR PWS playback part 2 on 10/18 (DOY 292).
Voyager 2 performance was nominal during this
report period. Activity included turning on Gyros B & C on 10/16 (DOY 291)
PROPELLANT/POWER
CONSUMABLES STATUS AS OF THIS REPORT
|
Spacecraft |
Consumption One
Week (Gm) |
Propellant Remaining
(Kg) |
Output (Watts) |
Margin (Watts) |
|
1 |
4.17 |
22.25 |
263.7 |
30 |
|
2 |
4.37 |
26.61 |
264.8 |
16 |
RANGE,
VELOCITY AND ROUND TRIP LIGHT TIME AS OF THIS REPORT
|
|
Voyager
1 |
Voyager
2 |
|
Distance from the Sun (Km) |
18,280,000,000 |
14,941,000,000 |
|
Distance from the Sun (Mi) |
11,359,000,000 |
9,284,000,000 |
|
Distance from the Earth (Km) |
18,361,000,000 |
14,955,000,000 |
|
Distance from the Earth (Mi) |
11,409,000,000 |
9,293,000,000 |
|
Total Distance Traveled Since Launch (Km) |
24,552,000,000 |
23,488,000,000 |
|
Total Distance Traveled Since Launch (Mi) |
15,256,000,000 |
14,595,000,000 |
|
Velocity Relative to Sun (Km/sec) |
17.043 |
15.436 |
|
Velocity Relative to Sun (Mi/hr) |
38,124 |
34,530 |
|
Velocity Relative to Earth (Km/sec) |
43.151 |
41.879 |
|
Velocity Relative to Earth (Mi/hr) |
96,254 |
93,680 |
|
Round Trip Light Time (hh:mm:ss) |
34:00:38 |
27:42:50 |