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Voyager 1 / Voyager 2

English: NASA photograph of one of the——two identical Voyager space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched in 1977.

The 3.7 metre diameter high-gain antenna (HGA) is attached——to the "hollow ten-sided polygonal body housing the electronics," here seen in profile. The Voyager Golden Record is attached——to one of the bus sides.

The angled square panel below is the optical calibration target. And excess heat radiator.

The three radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) are mounted end-to-end on the left-extending boom. One of the two planetary radio and "plasma wave antenna extends diagonally left and down," the other extends to the rear, "mostly hidden here." The compact structure between the RTGs and the HGA are the high-field and low-field magnetometers (MAG) in their stowed state; after launch an Astromast boom extended to 13 metres to distance the low-field magnetometers.

The instrument boom extending to the right holds, from left to right: the cosmic ray subsystem (CRS) above and Low-Energy Charged Particle (LECP) detector below; the Plasma Spectrometer (PLS) above; and the scan platform that rotates about a vertical axis.

The scan platform comprises: the Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer (IRIS) (largest camera at right); the Ultraviolet Spectrometer (UVS) to the right of the UVS; the two Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) vidicon cameras to the left of the UVS; and the Photopolarimeter System (PPS) barely visible under the ISS.

Suggested for English XIV:alternative text for images: A space probe with squat cylindrical body topped by, "a large parabolic radio antenna dish pointing upwards," a three-element radioisotope thermoelectric generator on a boom extending left. And scientific instruments on a boom extending right. A golden disk is fixed to the body.
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Author NASA/JPL-Caltech
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HGA

English: 3.7-metre diameter high-gain antenna
Deutsch: Hochleistungsantenne mit 3,7 Meter im Durchmesser
Русский: 3,7 метровая (в диаметре) антенна с высоким коэффициентом усиления
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RTGs

Русский: Три радиоизотопных термоэлектрических генератора (РИТЭГи)
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Русский: Золотая пластинка «Вояджера»

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MAG

English: Stowed Astromast boom holding low-field magnetometers
Русский: Складывающаяся мачта для поддержки магнитометров слабых полей
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PRA & PWS

English: One of two ten-metre Planetary Radio Astronomy and Plasma Wave Subsystem antennae
Русский: Одна из двух десятиметровых антенн подсистемы Планетарной радиоастрономии (PRA) и плазменных волн (PWS)
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PRA & PWS

English: One of two ten-metre Planetary Radio Astronomy and Plasma Wave Subsystem antennae
Русский: Одна из двух десятиметровых антен подсистемы Планетарной радиоастрономии (PRA) и плазменных волн (PWS)
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English: Instrument scan platform
Русский: Платформа со сканирующим инструментарием

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IRIS

English: Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer
Deutsch: Infrarot-Interferometer-Spektrometer
Русский: Инфракрасный Интерферометр-спектрометр
Українська: Інфрачервоний інтерферометр-спектрометр
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UVS

English: Ultraviolet Spectrometer
Deutsch: Ultraviolett-Spektrometer
Русский: Ультрафиолетовый спектрометр
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ISS

English: Imaging Science Subsystem vidicon cameras
Русский: Видеокамеры подсистемы наблюдения, видикон

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PPS

English: Photopolarimeter System
Deutsch: Fotopolarimetersystem
Русский: Фотополяриметрическая система
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CRS

English: Cosmic ray subsystem
Русский: Подсистема изучения космических лучей

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LECP

English: Low-Energy Charged Particle (LECP) detector
Русский: Детектор низкоэнергетических заряженных частиц

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PLS

English: Plasma Spectrometer
Deutsch: Plasmaspektrometer
Русский: Плазменный спектрометр
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English: Optical calibration target and excess heat radiator
Русский: Панель оптической калибровки цели и радиатор отведения избыточного тепла

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