File:Voyager Program - RTG diagram 2.png
Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 240 × 240 pixels | 480 × 480 pixels | 768 × 768 pixels | 1,024 × 1,024 pixels | 1,450 × 1,450 pixels.
Original file (1,450 × 1,450 pixels, file size: 140 KB, MIME type: image/png)
|
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below.
|
Summary
| Description |
English: Diagram of the Multihundred-Watt Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) units included on the spacecrafts Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. In this diagram of the RTG, the shell and the heat-to-electricity conversion couplings are displayed. (The Inner Heat Source Unit is generating about 2400 Watts of thermal power at launch time - which is the decay heat of the containing plutonium-238 oxide. It is surrounded by 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 over the cooling-ribs or -fins) |
| Date | |
| Source | Diagram: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, Voyager Bulletin, no. 13 |
| Author | NASA/JPL |
| Other versions |
|
Licensing
|
This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.) |  |
 |
Warnings:
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 13:00, 30 September 2013 | 1,450 × 1,450 (140 KB) | Jaybear | slightly rotated; mnior spots removed; text renewed; |
File usage
The following page uses this file:
