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Summary
Description Voyager Program - RTG diagram 1.png |
English:
Diagram of the
Inner Heat Source Unit
(shown in packed form), the central part of the three
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
(RTGs), included on the
Voyager 1
and
Voyager 2
spacecraft.
It contains 24 pressed plutonium-238 oxide spheres, generating about 2400 Watts of thermal power at launch time - which is the decay heat of the plutonium. Outside are placed 312 silicon-germanium (SiGe) thermoelectric couples, which are used to produce about 470 watts of electric power (at launch time), the remainder being dissipated as waste heat. |
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Source | "Diagram: Heat Source for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator", Voyager Bulletin, no. 13, Link |
Author | NASA/JPL |
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