Voyager 1
NASA · launched 1977
Launched 1977. Crossed the heliopause in 2012; the farthest object people have made.
Right now · as of
Interstellar space
25.8 billion km (172.7 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 23 h 56 min
25.8 billion km (172.1 AU) from the Sun, moving at 16.9 km/s relative to the Sun
Open in 3DThe flight
September 5, 1977
Launched on Titan IIIE / Centaur from Cape Canaveral SLC-41
March 5, 1979
Flies past Jupiter, 348,379 km away
November 12, 1980
Flies past Saturn, 183,546 km away
December 16, 2004
Crosses the termination shock, where the solar wind slows, 94 AU from the Sun
August 25, 2012
Crosses the heliopause into interstellar space, 121.6 AU from the Sun
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Voyager 1
NASA space probe launched in 1977
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program, to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. It communicates through the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) to receive routine commands and to transmit data to Earth.
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Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- September 5, 1977
- Rocket
- Titan IIIE / Centaur
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SLC-41
- International designator
- 1977-084A
- 3D model
- NASA/Michael D. Carbajal