Precautions

This traveler one is in a deployed state because her magnetometer and low gain antenna are too difficult to do not in my skill set so the model can be paired with my Titan3E launcher.

Historical Background of Voyager 1

Development Context

In the late 1960s, NASA proposed the "Grand Tour" program to explore outer planets by leveraging the gravitational slingshot effect of Jupiter and Saturn. Due to budget and technical constraints, the original plan for four probes was reduced to two, renamed Voyager 1 and Voyager 2
Initially designated "Mariner 11" and "Mariner 12," the probes were renamed to reflect their long-term interstellar mission objectives

Launch and Mission Objectives

Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977, 16 days after Voyager 2, but reached Jupiter earlier due to a more efficient trajectory23.
Primary missions included flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, and its moon Titan. After completing Saturn observations in 1980, the mission expanded to study the heliopause and interstellar space

Technological Foundation

The mission design incorporated data from Pioneer 10, optimizing orbital paths and instrumentation3.
Equipped with a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), the probe's power supply is projected to last until 2025

Cultural Significance

Carries the "Golden Record," containing sounds, images, and scientific data about Earth, intended as a message to potential extraterrestrial civilizations

General Specifications

Mass?: 721.9 kg1
?Dimensions?:
Height: 6.7 m6
Width: 3.7 m6
?Launch Vehicle?: Titan IIIE-Centaur1
?Launch Date?: September 5, 19771
?Launch Site?: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

Power & Propulsion

?Power Source?: 3 Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs)36
?Initial Power Output?: 420 W3
?Expected Operational Power?: Likely depleted by 2025

Scientific Payload

nstruments?: 10 (including imaging systems, IR/UV spectrometers, magnetometers, etc.)8
?Data Processing?:
CPU: Intel 4004 (0.108 MHz)3
Memory: 68 KB

Communication System

Frequency Bands?: X/S-band (8 GHz high-frequency)58
?Antenna Type?: Slow-scan deep-space parabolic antenna8
?Current Communication Distance?: ~164 Astronomical Units (AU) (As of August 2024)

Navigation & Control

Attitude Control?: 3-axis stabilization (via Sun and star trackers)8
?Orbital Speed?: ~17 km/s (relative to the Sun)

Extended Mission

Current Status?: Interstellar space exploration (crossed heliopause in 2012)17
?Cultural Artifact?:
Golden Record (containing Earth's cultural and natural information)