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December 4th 17, 02:59 AM
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Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years
On Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 7:42:23 PM UTC-7, Scott M. Kozel wrote:
So the spacecraft stayed aligned properly for the last 37 years, without using any thrusters to correct the alignment? No, it used a different kind of thruster - it was decided to use these instead to further prolong its life. John Savard 
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