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    Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

    Let me restate. Assume signal travels at the speed of light. Does gravity affect the distance travelled which would lengthen the time from the point-of-view of someone on Earth. Rough calculations shows a signals takes 22hours to be received. A lot can alter the signal's course. Is there a...
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    Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

    Does planetary gravity affect signal transmission direction and speed?