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Plasma Wave System or "Plasma Wave Subsystem is an instrument that is on board the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 unmanned probes of the Voyager program. The device is 16 channel step frequency receiver and a low-frequency waveform receiver, that can measure electron density.[1] The PWS used the two long V-shape antenna on the spacecraft, which are also used by another instrument on the spacecraft.[2]

Specifications

Spec:[3]

  • Mass: 1.4 kg (3.08 pounds, 0.22 stones)
  • Average electrical power consumption: 1.3 watts (W)
  • Average data rate: 0.032 kbps (bit rate)

See also

  • New Horizons (see plasma and high-energy particle spectrometer suite)

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ [phttps://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1977-076A-13]
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