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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-13 00:06:13 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06 @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,447 days = 2,492 weeks and 3 days = 47.76728 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 15 22.604326 +12 25 23.39785 166.450496468339 AU 17.25627897944h +12.4231660694° 24,900,639,849 km 258.8441846916° 15,472,540,270 mi Light Time 23:04:20 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20 @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,464 days = 2,494 weeks and 6 days = 47.81383 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 13 27.660605 -59 29 36.22979 139.254328401441 AU 20.22435016806h -59.4933971639° 20,832,151,015 km 303.3652525209° 12,944,498,513 mi Light Time 19:18:09 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 198.2522861480 AU = 29,658,119,869 km = 18,428,701,303 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################