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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-May-22 16:20:53 UTC ************************************************************** VOYAGER 1 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Sep-06-Tue @ 12:56 UTC Time since launch = 17,425 days = 2,489 weeks and 2 days = 47.70705 years ago CURRENT ICRF SKY COORDINATES Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 17 15 51.450937 +12 24 17.51281 166.270593924674 AU 17.26429192694h +12.4048646694° 24,873,726,811 km 258.9643789041° 15,455,817,284 mi Light Time 23:02:50 ************************************************************** VOYAGER 2 SPACECRAFT -------------------- Launched from Kennedy Space Center 1977-Aug-20-Sat @ 14:29 UTC Time since launch = 17,442 days = 2,491 weeks and 5 days = 47.75359 years ago CURRENT ICRF SKY COORDINATES Right Ascension Declination Distance h m s ° ' " AU | km | mi 20 14 08.432479 -59 23 37.22009 139.249223466525 AU 20.23567568861h -59.3936722472° 20,831,387,327 km 303.5351353292° 12,944,023,979 mi Light Time 19:18:06 ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space: 197.9764584581 AU = 29,616,856,634 km = 18,403,061,517 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 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. ############################################################## ##############################################################