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Voyager 1 briefly loses contact with Earth

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 03 November 2026, 08:49 UTC ·10 sec listen

Voyager 1 briefly lost contact with Earth as it travels farther into interstellar space, approaching a distance of one light-day. At that range, a signal takes a day for a one-way trip. The spacecraft is speeding at 38,000 miles per hour.

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