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-Apr-26  14:16:56 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 = 17,399 days = 2,485 weeks and 4 days
                  = 47.63587 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
17 16 21.700804    +12 21 01.83437      166.189106585113 AU
17.27269466778h    +12.3505095472°        24,861,536,479 km
259.0904200167°                           15,448,242,563 mi
                                        Light Time 23:02:09

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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 = 17,416 days = 2,488 weeks 
                  = 47.682409308693 years ago

CURRENT
Right Ascension    Declination                Distance
 h  m   s           °   '   "               AU | km | mi
20 14 28.767125    -59 15 37.00053      139.330605891873 AU
20.24132420139h    -59.2602779250°        20,843,561,965 km
303.6198630209°                           12,951,588,949 mi
                                        Light Time 19:18:47


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Current linear distance between Voyagers 1 and 2 in space:

197.6390049367 AU  =  29,566,374,306 km  =  18,371,693,253 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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