Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 5, 2015 #1 Share Posted September 5, 2015 NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft begins Intensive Data Downlink Phase September 4, 2015 If you liked the first historic images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, you’ll love what’s to come. Seven weeks after New Horizons sped past the Pluto system to study Pluto and its moons – previously unexplored worlds – the mission team will begin intensive downlinking of the tens of gigabits of data the spacecraft collected and stored on its digital recorders. The process moves into high gear on Saturday, Sept. 5, with the entire downlink taking about one year to complete. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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