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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-09 06:32:03 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06-Tue @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,504 days = 2,500 weeks and 4 days = 47.92334 years ago CURRENT ICRF SKY COORDINATES Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 14 17.834616 +12 20 55.58782 167.421849030569 AU 17.23828739333h +12.3487743944° 25,045,952,124 km 258.5743109000° 15,562,833,132 mi Light Time 23:12:24 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20-Sat @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,521 days = 2,503 weeks = 47.969883641342 years ago CURRENT ICRF SKY COORDINATES Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 10 42.564911 -59 38 05.47021 139.735439443246 AU 20.17849025306h -59.6348528361° 20,904,124,202 km 302.6773537959° 12,989,220,578 mi Light Time 19:22:09 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 198.9930239302 AU = 29,768,932,664 km = 18,497,557,181 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################