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Voyager probes expected to fall silent

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    Voyager probes expected to fall silent is expected 2036. The exact day has not been announced yet.

    Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 run on plutonium generators that lose about four watts a year, and NASA expects them to stop powering any instrument around the mid-2030s. By roughly 2036 both probes should also be beyond the range of the Deep Space Network, ending 60 years of contact.

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