Current Status of Voyagers 1 and 2 Spacecraft PHP Program by Jay Tanner - 2025

Refresh Page to Update to Current Moment UTC Computations via the NASA/JPL Horizons API Double-Click Within Text Area to Select ALL Text 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-Jun-01 10:40:09 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20 @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,452 days = 47.7810 years ago = 2,493 weeks and 1 day CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 13 52.134607 -59 26 28.51343 139.241647686026 AU 20.23114850194h -59.4412537306° 20,830,254,007 km 303.4672275291° 12,943,319,767 mi Light Time 19:18:02 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06 @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,435 days = 47.7344 years ago = 2,490 weeks and 5 days CURRENT Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 15 38.430914 +12 24 59.08921 166.339706584185 AU 17.26067525389h +12.4164136694° 24,884,065,918 km 258.9101288084° 15,462,241,707 mi Light Time 23:03:24 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: CURRENT 198.1027550345 AU 29,635,750,333 km 18,414,801,517 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 --------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################