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-02  10:12:37 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 = 17,497 days = 2,499 weeks and 4 days
                  = 47.90418 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
17 14 23.107098    +12 21 57.47219      167.275215546944 AU
17.23975197167h    +12.3659644972°        25,024,016,067 km
258.5962795751°                           15,549,202,698 mi
                                        Light Time 23:11:11

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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 = 17,514 days = 2,502 weeks 
                  = 47.950718685832 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
20 11 03.004395    -59 37 50.00930      139.639915707664 AU
20.18416788750h    -59.6305581389°        20,889,834,055 km
302.7625183125°                           12,980,341,092 mi
                                        Light Time 19:21:21


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Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space:

198.9044671428 AU  =  29,755,684,757 km  =  18,489,325,313 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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