Plasma Wave Subsystem
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Plasma Wave Subsystem
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Plasma Wave Subsystem, abbreviated PWS, is an instrument that is on board the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 unmanned probes of the Voyager program. The device is 16 channel step frequency receiver and a low-frequency waveform receiver that can measure electron density. The PWS uses the two long antenna in a V-shape on the spacecraft, which are also used by another instrument on the spacecraft. The instrument recorded data about the Solar System's gas giants, and about the outer reaches of the Heliosph
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Instrument on board the Voyager space probes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_Wave_Subsystem
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2023-05-07T11:23:25Z
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