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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-Sep-07 01:19:50 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06-Tue @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,533 days = 2,504 weeks and 5 days = 48.00274 years ago CURRENT ICRF SKY COORDINATES Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 14 06.795275 +12 15 40.73993 168.084829562769 AU 17.23522090972h +12.2613166472° 25,145,132,600 km 258.5283136458° 15,624,461,022 mi Light Time 23:17:55 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20-Sat @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,550 days = 2,507 weeks and 1 day = 48.04928 years ago CURRENT ICRF SKY COORDINATES Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 09 27.946282 -59 36 48.00333 140.233776874999 AU 20.15776285611h -59.6133342583° 20,978,674,421 km 302.3664428416° 13,035,543,936 mi Light Time 19:26:17 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 199.3652950566 AU = 29,824,623,632 km = 18,532,161,944 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################