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by chton
4359 days ago
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that's a good point. It's impossible to measure the effect of this on the Voyagers because they still constantly fire attitude control thrusters to align themselves to earth. The noise on the speed from those firings is too much to distinguish solar radiation pressure. |
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If they can measure the drag caused by radiation, you can bet they can account for solar effects.
Also worth noting: The thrusters are fired very infrequently. According to that page, the Voyager missions required constant adjustments but the Pioneer system is spin stabilized.