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1. Out_of+R4[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:04:15
>>belter+(OP)
Does anyone know how Voyager calibrates their antennas?
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2. NeoTar+I6[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:21:36
>>Out_of+R4
Not in any detail, but as a hand-waving explanation it keeps tracks of the Sun and the star Canopus, so by two fixed reference points you can have a known orientation.
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3. potami+d01[view] [source] 2023-07-31 15:51:33
>>NeoTar+I6
I can't even begin to imagine how you would go about building an automated star tracker in the 60s.
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4. jjk166+Fg1[view] [source] 2023-07-31 16:57:11
>>potami+d01
The Sun is the brightest star and Canopus is the third brightest star (Sirius presumably is not in an appropriate position to be detected), so you don't really need a proper star tracker, you just need a brightness sensor.
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