Current Status of Voyagers 1 and 2

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
Reference Frame: ICRF

For Current Date and Time
2025-Jul-12  14:13:49 UTC

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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 = 47.893223819302 years ago
                  = 2,499 weeks 
CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
20 12 06.668273    -59 35 42.31100      139.412062953597 AU
20.20185229806h    -59.5950863889°        20,855,747,768 km
303.0277844709°                           12,959,160,855 mi
                                        Light Time 19:19:27

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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 = 47.8467 years ago
                  = 2,496 weeks and 4 days
CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
17 14 44.209859    +12 24 20.73631      166.873190153652 AU
17.24561384972h    +12.4057600861°        24,963,873,924 km
258.6842077458°                           15,511,832,103 mi
                                        Light Time 23:07:51

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Linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space:

CURRENT
198.6350131859 AU
29,715,375,019 km
18,464,278,003 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

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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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