How Does Nuclear Power Work In Space? | RTGs Explained

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How does one provide power to a spacecraft to far from the Sun so that soalar panels will be not as effective anymore?
This video explains how Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (also known as RTGs) work.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_effect
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/

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00:00 Satellites
00:22 Solar Panels
01:40 RTGs
01:51 Seebeck Effect
02:17 RTG Setup
02:32 Radioactive Decay
5:51 Power Output of an RTG



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