Dwingeloo telescope receives signals from Voyager 1 – Dwingeloo Radio Telescope
Logo: Sofie Shen
We have used the historic Dwingeloo radio telescope to receive signals from the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Only a few telescopes in the world have received these signals, which are very faint due to the distance of Voyager 1: almost 25 billion kilometers, more than four times the distance to Pluto.
Voyager 1 was launched in 1977 to visit the outer planets in the Solar system. After its primary mission ended, it was sent on a journey out of the Solar system. It is currently the most d...
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