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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-Apr-26 09:30:25 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06 @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,399 days = 2,485 weeks and 4 days = 47.63587 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 16 21.894658 +12 20 59.92877 166.189011552643 AU 17.27274851611h +12.3499802139° 24,861,522,262 km 259.0912277416° 15,448,233,729 mi Light Time 23:02:09 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20 @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,416 days = 2,488 weeks = 47.682409308693 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 14 28.782711 -59 15 33.36088 139.331467720393 AU 20.24132853083h -59.2592669111° 20,843,690,892 km 303.6199279624° 12,951,669,060 mi Light Time 19:18:47 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 197.6364309721 AU = 29,565,989,246 km = 18,371,453,988 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################