Space

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probings include three sets, or divisions, of thrusters: 2 sets of attitude propulsion thrusters as well as one set of trajectory adjustment maneuver thrusters. During the course of the goal's nomadic flybys, both kinds of thrusters were actually used for various objectives. But as Voyager 1 takes a trip on a constant pathway away from the solar system, its own thruster requirements are simpler, as well as either thruster division could be utilized to direct the space probe at Planet.

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