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<h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2> <p>List:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Mass: 1.4 kg (3.08 pounds)</li> <li>Average electrical power consumption: 1.3 <a href="/facts/Watt/VK8oqRrm">watts</a></li> <li>Average data rate: 0.032 <a href="/facts/Kbit%2fs/Nv9VoT7T">kbit/s</a></li> <li>Frequency range 10 <a href="/facts/Hertz/6Wshj5qm">Hz</a> to 56 kHz<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>PWS/PRA Antenna:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> <ul><li>Length of antenna: 10 meters (10.936 yards)</li> <li>Number of antenna: 2</li> <li>Angle between antenna: 90 degrees</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="pws-and-prs">PWS and PRS</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/New_Horizons/G5XTU5DK">New Horizons</a></i> (see plasma and high-energy particle spectrometer suite)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Waves_in_plasmas/rCaD8N8e">Waves in plasmas</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Waves_(Juno)/XVQjp2Q8">Waves (<i>Juno</i>)</a> (Spacecraft instrument aboard the <i>Juno</i> Jupiter orbiter of the 2010s)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/data_and_services/atmospheres_data/Voyager/pws.html">PWS</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"NASA - NSSDCA - Experiment - Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1977-076A-13" target="_blank">https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1977-076A-13</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Voyager - Spacecraft - Planetary Radio Astronomy (PRA) and Plasma Wave Subsystem (PWS)". voyager.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/instruments/pws/" target="_blank">https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/instruments/pws/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Adler, Doug (July 2, 2018). "Forty years and still going strong". Astronomy.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="https://astronomy.com/news/2018/07/forty-years-and-still-going-strong" target="_blank">https://astronomy.com/news/2018/07/forty-years-and-still-going-strong</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Adler, Doug (July 2, 2018). "Forty years and still going strong". Astronomy.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="https://astronomy.com/news/2018/07/forty-years-and-still-going-strong" target="_blank">https://astronomy.com/news/2018/07/forty-years-and-still-going-strong</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"A Plasma Wave Investigation for the Voyager Mission". www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/voyager/ssr/PWSINST.HTM" target="_blank">http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/voyager/ssr/PWSINST.HTM</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"A Plasma Wave Investigation for the Voyager Mission". www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/voyager/ssr/PWSINST.HTM" target="_blank">http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/voyager/ssr/PWSINST.HTM</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Adler, Doug (July 2, 2018). "Forty years and still going strong". Astronomy.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="https://astronomy.com/news/2018/07/forty-years-and-still-going-strong" target="_blank">https://astronomy.com/news/2018/07/forty-years-and-still-going-strong</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Voyager - Fast Facts". voyager.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequently-asked-questions/fast-facts/" target="_blank">https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequently-asked-questions/fast-facts/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"NASA - NSSDCA - Experiment - Details". <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1977-076A-13" target="_blank">https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1977-076A-13</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Voyager - Spacecraft - Planetary Radio Astronomy (PRA) and Plasma Wave Subsystem (PWS)". voyager.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/instruments/pws/" target="_blank">https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/instruments/pws/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"A Plasma Wave Investigation for the Voyager Mission". www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/voyager/ssr/PWSINST.HTM" target="_blank">http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/plasma-wave/voyager/ssr/PWSINST.HTM</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Voyager - Spacecraft - Planetary Radio Astronomy (PRA) and Plasma Wave Subsystem (PWS)". voyager.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-20. <a href="https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/instruments/pws/" target="_blank">https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/instruments/pws/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>