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Question: How are Voyager's 16 thrusters oriented?

UPDATE: Per the 2nd half of my comment below:

...Since there was no activity here I decided to add the bounty to get this wrapped up. There are 16 thrusters, what's needed here now is a breakdown of the thrusters by name and group and the direction that it is oriented (e.g. +x, -x, +y, -y, +z, -z or angles)

  1. Some of the thrusters are angled wrt the spacecraft's cartesian coordinates, by specific angles
  2. All of the thrusters can be named, perhaps +Roll, branch 1 or -Yaw, branch 2.

Let's get those all enumerated, named, and in a table that includes how they are oriented numerically somehow. Please, not just "Here's a picture and if you are sighted you can kinda see roughly where most of them are pointed in this view, (I know I can)".

HINT: From !Hobbes' answer to What does it mean when the Voyagers “switch thrusters”?:

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  • $\begingroup$ Do you just need some vector lines added to How do Voyager's trajectory control thrusters differ from its attitude control thrusters? $\endgroup$
    – Russell Borogove
    Nov 26, 2018 at 2:05
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    $\begingroup$ looks at photoshop button ... looks at vote to close button ... looks at photoshop button ... looks at vote to close button ... shrugs, closes laptop for the night $\endgroup$
    – Russell Borogove
    Nov 26, 2018 at 4:15
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    $\begingroup$ @hieverybody the bounty message says "I think there is sufficient information linked here to generate a complete and definitive answer, let's finish this." and the my first sentence in the question and first comment under the question already links to those (you've posted the same link in two comments) so this doesn't add anything. Since there was no activity here I decided to add the bounty to get this wrapped up. There are 16 thrusters, what's needed here now is a breakdown of the thrusters by name and group and the direction that it is oriented (e.g. +x, -x, +y, -y, +z, -z or angles). $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Jun 8, 2021 at 23:14
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    $\begingroup$ Having learned where the other pair of pitch thrusters are, confirmed which set are pitch and which set are yaw, and added a diagram showing the pitch thrusters more clearly in the other answer, I would VTC as duplicate, but apparently you can't VTC while a bounty is open. $\endgroup$
    – Russell Borogove
    Jun 9, 2021 at 18:25
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    $\begingroup$ It's always OK to answer your own question! $\endgroup$
    – Organic Marble
    Jun 15, 2021 at 14:38

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here are some vectors

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hop this helped

(background image from How do Voyager 1's Trajectory Control Thrusters differ from its Attitude Control Thrusters? and What does it mean when the Voyagers "switch thrusters"?)

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  • $\begingroup$ now there is a source $\endgroup$
    – hieverybody
    Jun 9, 2021 at 17:17
  • $\begingroup$ If you look at the drawing linked in this post, you can see more details about how the thrusters were mounted. That would help you improve this answer, like where you say "this is not clear". It has a nice picture of the pitch thrusters. space.stackexchange.com/questions/37340/… $\endgroup$
    – Organic Marble
    Jun 9, 2021 at 17:30
  • $\begingroup$ thank you it was very helpful $\endgroup$
    – hieverybody
    Jun 9, 2021 at 17:42
  • $\begingroup$ hello is this active $\endgroup$
    – hieverybody
    Jun 9, 2021 at 21:02
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    $\begingroup$ Please reread my comment to you which says in part "There are 16 thrusters, what's needed here now is a breakdown of the thrusters by name and group and the direction that it is oriented (e.g. +x, -x, +y, -y, +z, -z or angles)" I can't get anything out of this messy picture and to vision impaired folks who use screen readers this answer is useless. There are sixteen thrusters, what's needed is a table indicating the direction each points in spacecraft's coordinate system. $\endgroup$
    – uhoh
    Jun 9, 2021 at 22:20

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