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24/01/1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus

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How To Contact The Voyager 2 Probe (PART 1)

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Pinging The Voyager 2 Probe (PART 2)

The probe came within 81 500 kilometres of the upper layer of the planet`s atmosphere. She discovered eleven moons previously unknown to science. Most of them were named after heroes of William Shakespeare's plays. The only exception was Belinda, named after the heroine of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock.
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    • Launch and trajectory 

    • Interstellar mission 

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