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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-Jul-04 09:34:43 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06 @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,468 days = 2,495 weeks and 3 days = 47.82478 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 14 54.151709 +12 24 55.70182 166.737079832082 AU 17.24837547472h +12.4154727278° 24,943,512,110 km 258.7256321208° 15,499,179,858 mi Light Time 23:06:43 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20 @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,485 days = 2,497 weeks and 6 days = 47.87132 years ago CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 12 30.959641 -59 34 20.69867 139.349124063889 AU 20.20859990028h -59.5724162972° 20,846,332,244 km 303.1289985042° 12,953,310,320 mi Light Time 19:18:56 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 198.5290288564 AU = 29,699,519,989 km = 18,454,426,144 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################