Space

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Both Voyager probings include 3 collections, or divisions, of thrusters: two collections of attitude power thrusters and also one set of velocity adjustment procedure thrusters. In the course of the goal's planetary flybys, each types of thrusters were utilized for different objectives. Yet as Voyager 1 travels on an unvarying course out of the solar system, its thruster necessities are actually easier, as well as either thruster division may be made use of to aim the spacecraft at Planet.