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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-May-09 22:08:46 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06 @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,412 days = 2,487 weeks and 3 days = 47.67146 years ago CURRENT ICRF COORDINATES Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 16 07.306486 +12 22 56.04513 166.212912986939 AU 17.26869624611h +12.3822347583° 24,865,097,866 km 259.0304436917° 15,450,455,506 mi Light Time 23:02:21 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20 @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,429 days = 2,489 weeks and 6 days = 47.71800 years ago CURRENT ICRF COORDINATES Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 14 22.813577 -59 19 43.45140 139.279897759834 AU 20.23967043806h -59.3287365000° 20,835,976,136 km 303.5950565709° 12,946,875,333 mi Light Time 19:18:21 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 197.8114154823 AU = 29,592,166,556 km = 18,387,719,814 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################