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Why can voyager 1 maintain its speed?
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Why can voyager 1 maintain its speed?

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based on my opinion

The smart guys at NASA designed the trajectory such that as they passed Jupiter, they gained some speed by being dragged along by Jupiter

This is called a gravity assist . Voyager 2 picked up about 18 km / s of velocity from that Jupiter gravity assist ...

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