Space

Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap

.Each Voyager probings include 3 collections, or divisions, of thrusters: 2 collections of attitude propulsion thrusters as well as one collection of trail adjustment maneuver thrusters. During the course of the objective's global flybys, each forms of thrusters were actually used for different purposes. But as Voyager 1 journeys on an unchanging course away from the planetary system, its thruster needs are simpler, and also either thruster division may be used to direct the spacecraft at Planet.

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