Heat Switch Extends Voyager 2 Mission By About a Year
TL;DR
JPL engineers used a “big bang” heater switch on Voyager 2 to keep its electronics and fuel lines warm, freeing enough RTG power to extend the mission by about a year, with a similar upgrade planned for Voyager 1.
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- Voyager 2 cheats the power budget for another year The Register
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