Current Status of Voyagers 1 and 2

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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-22  10:08:39 UTC

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VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT
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Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06 @ 12:56 UTC
Time since launch = 17,425 days = 2,489 weeks and 2 days
                  = 47.70705 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
17 15 51.787350    +12 24 16.15837      166.269065002016 AU
17.26438537500h    +12.4044884361°        24,873,498,088 km
258.9657806250°                           15,455,675,162 mi
                                        Light Time 23:02:49

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VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT
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Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20 @ 14:29 UTC
Time since launch = 17,442 days = 2,491 weeks and 5 days
                  = 47.75359 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
20 14 08.803880    -59 23 32.56932      139.249628101122 AU
20.23577885556h    -59.3923803667°        20,831,447,860 km
303.5366828334°                           12,944,061,593 mi
                                        Light Time 19:18:06


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Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space:

197.9731145983 AU  =  29,616,356,400 km  =  18,402,750,686 mi

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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

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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.

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