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I'm curious aboutConsider the following hypothetical event: let's suppose that aa Voyager spacecraft (1 or 2) changes its planned interstellar trajectory quite suddenly (ok, I'mI'm well aware of motion and gravity laws and I know that this shouldn't occur, but let's just pretend they are flying by an unobserved massive object). Would the engineer team here on Earth detect it? How?

I've read a lot through Voyager Interstellar Mission website, but I couldn't find any detailed information on how spacecraft position and speed is determined.

Thank you a lot!

I'm curious about the following hypothetical event: let's suppose that a Voyager spacecraft (1 or 2) changes its planned interstellar trajectory quite suddenly (ok, I'm well aware of motion and gravity laws and I know that this shouldn't occur, but let's just pretend they are flying by an unobserved massive object). Would the engineer team here on Earth detect it? How?

I've read a lot through Voyager Interstellar Mission website, but I couldn't find any detailed information on how spacecraft position and speed is determined.

Thank you a lot!

Consider the following hypothetical event: a Voyager spacecraft (1 or 2) changes its planned interstellar trajectory quite suddenly (I'm well aware of motion and gravity laws and I know that this shouldn't occur, but let's just pretend they are flying by an unobserved massive object). Would the engineer team here on Earth detect it? How?

I've read a lot through Voyager Interstellar Mission website, but I couldn't find any detailed information on how spacecraft position and speed is determined.

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How would it be recognized whether Would a Voyager spacecraft change its trajectory change be recognized?

I'm curious about the following hypothetical event: let's suppose that a Voyager spacecraft (1 or 2) changes quite suddenly its planned interstellar trajectory quite suddenly (ok, I'm well aware of motion and gravity laws and I know that this shouldn't occur, but let's just pretend they are flying by an unobserved massive object or something similar). Would it be the engineer team here on Earth be able to get aware ofdetect it? How would they do?

I've read a lot through Voyager Interstellar Mission website (http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/index.htmlVoyager Interstellar Mission website), but I couldn't find any detailed information on how is spacecraft position and speed beis determined.

Thank you a lot!

D.

How would it be recognized whether a Voyager spacecraft change its trajectory?

I'm curious about the following hypothetical event: let's suppose that a Voyager spacecraft (1 or 2) changes quite suddenly its planned interstellar trajectory (ok, I'm well aware of motion and gravity laws and I know that this shouldn't occur, but let's just pretend they are flying by an unobserved massive object or something similar). Would it be the engineer team here on Earth be able to get aware of it? How would they do?

I've read a lot through Voyager Interstellar Mission website (http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html), but I couldn't find any detailed information on how is spacecraft position and speed be determined.

Thank you a lot!

D.

Would a Voyager spacecraft trajectory change be recognized?

I'm curious about the following hypothetical event: let's suppose that a Voyager spacecraft (1 or 2) changes its planned interstellar trajectory quite suddenly (ok, I'm well aware of motion and gravity laws and I know that this shouldn't occur, but let's just pretend they are flying by an unobserved massive object). Would the engineer team here on Earth detect it? How?

I've read a lot through Voyager Interstellar Mission website, but I couldn't find any detailed information on how spacecraft position and speed is determined.

Thank you a lot!

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How would it be recognized whether a Voyager spacecraft change its trajectory?

I'm curious about the following hypothetical event: let's suppose that a Voyager spacecraft (1 or 2) changes quite suddenly its planned interstellar trajectory (ok, I'm well aware of motion and gravity laws and I know that this shouldn't occur, but let's just pretend they are flying by an unobserved massive object or something similar). Would it be the engineer team here on Earth be able to get aware of it? How would they do?

I've read a lot through Voyager Interstellar Mission website (http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html), but I couldn't find any detailed information on how is spacecraft position and speed be determined.

Thank you a lot!

D.