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Pioneer 10 Still Beats But No Lock
Pasadena - Feb 25, 2003 At a distance of 12.21 billion km from Earth, Pioneer 10 is one of the most distant objects of humanity over 11 light hours out. But with signal strength below what the Deep Space Network can lock on to, all official attempts to contact Pioneer 10 will soon cease.
earlier related report The Pioneer 10 signal was detected on 23 January 2003, but because of limited link time (due to a high-power transmitter trip) no telemetry was received. During uplink on 22 January 2003, the high-power transmitter tripped off. A second high-power transmission was limited to a short time at the end of the track. A GTT-off command was radiated. During downlink on 23 January 2003, the signal was found but there was no lockon to the subcarrier. (Roundtrip Light Time was 22 hours 35 minutes). On 5 December 2002, there was a Pioneer 10 contact. The Deep Space Station (DSS) near Madrid (DSS-63) found the signal but could not lock onto the receiver, and so no telemetry was received. The signal level was just under the threshold value. The uplink from DSS-14 at Goldstone, sent 4 December 2002, at a power level of 325 kw, confirmed that the spacecraft signal is still there (Round Trip Light Time 3D 22 hours 24 minutes). Project Phoenix also picked up the signal at Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Pioneer 10 Mission Home SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express The million outer planets of a star called Sol
Scientists Show Pluto To Be Colder Than It Should Be
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jan 5, 2006Mercury is boiling. Mars is freezing. The Earth is just right. When it comes to the temperatures of the planets, it makes sense that they should get colder the farther away they are from the Sun. But then there is Pluto. It has been suspected that this remote world might be even colder than it should be. Smithsonian scientists now have shown this to be true. |
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