Reporting of the Voyager 2 "Big Bang" power manoeuvre of 9 July 2026

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On 9 July 2026 JPL executed a single command sequence switching off two heaters and a digital tape recorder retained only for its residual heat while switching on two different heaters and a further heat-supplying device, reducing power demand by close to ten watts a year; without it another Voyager 2 instrument would have been shut down before the end of 2026, and the saving is expected to keep three instruments running for at least an additional year, with engineers suggesting up to about two extra years per spacecraft. V55 verification basis: this is secondary reporting of a JPL action; no JPL statement was retrieved, and the descriptions of exactly which devices were switched differ slightly between outlets.

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