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Voyager 1 Just Activated a Radio That's Been Offline Since 1981

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NASA is trying to figure out what caused Voyager 1 to turn off its X-band radio transmitter.

The craft hasn't used the S-band transmitter since 1981 , and NASA is now troubleshooting the issue.

Voyager 1 is almost 25 billion kilometers ( 15.3 billion miles ) away and takes 23 hours to reach Earth .

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