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Voyager 1

NASA•

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Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object in existence, currently traveling through interstellar space beyond the heliosphere. Launched in 1977, it completed flybys of Jupiter and Saturn before continuing outward on its historic journey.

Interstellar MissionTarget: Interstellar Space

Live Telemetry—

Distance from Earth

163.40AU

24.444B km

Distance from Sun

163.50AU

24.459B km

Velocity

17.0km/s

61,200 km/h

Mission Duration

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Signal Journey — Earth ↔ Probe

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22.60 hoursone-way at speed of light

Key Achievements

✦First spacecraft to enter interstellar space (2012)

✦Detailed images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and moons

✦Discovered active volcanoes on Io (Jupiter's moon)

✦Detailed study of Saturn's rings and moon Titan

✦Took the iconic "Pale Blue Dot" photograph (1990)

✦Still transmitting data after 46+ years

Science Instruments

Low-Energy Charged Particle Instrument

Plasma Wave System

Magnetometer

Cosmic Ray Subsystem

Plasma Science Experiment

Mission Facts

Launch Vehicle

Titan IIIE/Centaur

Launch Mass

721.9 kg

Power Source

RTG (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator)

Heliopause Cross

August 2012

Furthest Object

Yes — all time record

Data Rate

~160 bits/second

Other Probes

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