Space

Voyager 1 Staff Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probes include 3 collections, or even divisions, of thrusters: 2 sets of attitude propulsion thrusters as well as one collection of velocity adjustment procedure thrusters. During the goal's worldly flybys, both kinds of thrusters were made use of for different functions. Yet as Voyager 1 journeys on a constant road out of the planetary system, its own thruster demands are actually simpler, as well as either thruster branch can be utilized to aim the spacecraft at Planet.