71K views · Jun 5, 2023 · 19:59 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2023–2024
EEVblog interviews Richard Stephenson of NASA's Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex about how the 70m DSS-43 dish is used to contact Voyager 2. It covers the ground antenna and low-noise receiver side of deep space communication. This is a 2023 re-release of a 2017 video.
Why Hacker News points people here: Shared in Voyager news threads as an accessible look at the real equipment used to talk to the probes.
“These three videos by EEVblog detail the ground based antennas and how it is contacted”HN comment, 2023
“These three videos by EEVblog detail the ground based antennas and how it is contacted”
Details ground antennas and how Voyager 2 is contacted.
These three videos by EEVblog detail the ground based antennas and how it is contacted: EEVblog 1547 (Part 1) - Contacting the Voyager 2 Space Probe: this video EEVblog 1547 (Part 2) - PINGing the Voyager 2 Space Probe!: link EEVblog 1547 (Part 3) - Tour of the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex: link
“Here's a nice video on what NASA uses to communicate with it”
Shows the equipment NASA uses to communicate with Voyager.
Yeah totally. Here's a nice video on what NASA uses to communicate with it: this video Not something you'll put in your backyard :')
“Dave from EEVBlog just visited a facility communicating with Voyager 2”
EEVblog visit to a facility communicating with Voyager 2.
Dave from EEVBlog just visited a facility communicating with Voyager 2: this video link There's a part 3 with a tour of the complex.
