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Current Status of Voyagers 1 and 2 Spacecraft
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VOYAGER SPACECRAFT 1 and 2 CURRENT GEOCENTRIC COORDINATES AND DISTANCES FROM EARTH Computed via the NASA/JPL Horizons API For Current Date & Time 2025-Aug-21 18:40:34 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06 @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,516 days = 2,502 weeks and 2 days = 47.95619 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 14 10.712626 +12 18 47.71083 167.703048689052 AU 17.23630906278h +12.3132530083° 25,088,018,994 km 258.5446359417° 15,588,972,273 mi Light Time 23:14:45 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20 @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,533 days = 2,504 weeks and 5 days = 48.00274 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 10 07.323850 -59 37 59.57978 139.934082058659 AU 20.16870106944h -59.6332166056° 20,933,840,714 km 302.5305160416° 13,007,685,563 mi Light Time 19:23:48 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 199.1547727084 AU = 29,793,129,937 km = 18,512,592,669 mi ############################################################## ############################################################## SOME APPLIED DEFINITIONS AND EXTRA INFO FROM NASA/JPL ICRF = International Celestial Reference Frame 1 AU = 1 Astronomical Unit = 149,597,870.700 km = 92,955,807.273 mi 1 mi = 1.609344 km 1 Standard (Julian) Year = 365.25 days --------------------------------------------------------------- Refs: www.nasa.gov/image-article/voyager-2-launched-before-voyager-1 www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-2 www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/voyager-1 Voyager 2 launched on Aug. 20, 1977, about two weeks before the Sept. 6 (UTC) launch of Voyager 1. Why the reversal of order? The two were sent on different trajectories, and Voyager 1 was put on a path to reach its planetary targets, Jupiter and Saturn, ahead of Voyager 2. ############################################################## ##############################################################