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-Jul-12  09:40:04 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 = 17,476 days = 2,496 weeks and 4 days
                  = 47.84668 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
17 14 44.431790    +12 24 21.69222      166.869879854215 AU
17.24567549722h    +12.4060256167°        24,963,378,710 km
258.6851324583°                           15,511,524,391 mi
                                        Light Time 23:07:49

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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 = 17,493 days = 2,499 weeks 
                  = 47.893223819302 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
20 12 07.241458    -59 35 40.60829      139.410431976371 AU
20.20201151611h    -59.5946134139°        20,855,503,777 km
303.0301727417°                           12,959,009,247 mi
                                        Light Time 19:19:26


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Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space:

198.6325542711 AU  =  29,715,007,171 km  =  18,464,049,433 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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