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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-Jun-25 05:37:43 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06 @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,459 days = 2,494 weeks and 1 day = 47.80014 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 15 06.025913 +12 25 19.10742 166.601644290970 AU 17.25167386472h +12.4219742833° 24,923,251,241 km 258.7751079708° 15,486,590,338 mi Light Time 23:05:35 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20 @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,476 days = 2,496 weeks and 4 days = 47.84668 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 12 56.725723 -59 32 30.50352 139.296465148788 AU 20.21575714528h -59.5418065333° 20,838,454,582 km 303.2363571792° 12,948,415,368 mi Light Time 19:18:30 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 198.4104859705 AU = 29,681,786,226 km = 18,443,406,895 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################