Alignment can be extremely coarse for xmit from Voyagers. RF dissipates following inverse square law, same as light, into a very broad cone. All you need here is large antennas and good amps. The signal to the spacecraft is trickier but follows the same principle. Low data rates on the right frequencies work wonders.
Alignment can be extremely coarse for xmit from Voyagers. RF dissipates following inverse square law, same as light, into a very broad cone. All you need here is large antennas and good amps. The signal to the spacecraft is trickier but follows the same principle. Low data rates on the right frequencies work wonders.
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