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-Aug-31  06:01:03 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 = 17,526 days = 2,503 weeks and 5 days
                  = 47.98357 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
17 14 07.667670    +12 17 00.93736      167.923994457424 AU
17.23546324167h    +12.2835937111°        25,121,072,010 km
258.5319486251°                           15,609,510,465 mi
                                        Light Time 23:16:35

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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 = 17,543 days = 2,506 weeks and 1 day
                  = 48.03012 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
20 09 43.318253    -59 37 26.34583      140.103449519005 AU
20.16203284806h    -59.6239849528°        20,959,177,726 km
302.4304927209°                           13,023,429,252 mi
                                        Light Time 19:25:12


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Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space:

199.2772867407 AU  =  29,811,457,775 km  =  18,523,981,060 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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