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Spacecraft escaping the Solar System
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This page shows the current positions and other interesting data of the five spacecraft which are leaving the Solar System on escape trajectories - our first emissaries to the stars. On this scale, the nearest star to the Sun would be approximately 100 meters away, and it would take Voyager 1 about 70,000 years to cover that distance.
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View from 90° above ecliptic plane
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View from 10° above ecliptic plane
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| Pioneer 10 | Pioneer 11 | Voyager 2 | Voyager 1 | New Horizons | | Distance from Sun (AU) | 110.737 | 90.195 | 104.584 | 127.548 | 29.297 | | Speed relative to Sun (km/s) | 12.011 | 11.338 | 15.408 | 17.023 | 14.869 | | Speed relative to Sun (AU/year) | 2.534 | 2.392 | 3.250 | 3.591 | 3.137 | | Ecliptic latitude | 3° | 14° | -35° | 35° | 2° | | Declination | 25° 52' | -8° 40' | -56° 24' | 12° 20' | -20° 44' | | Right ascension | 5h 7m | 18h 49m | 19h 59m | 17h 12m | 19h 3m | | Constellation | Taurus | Scutum | Telescopium | Ophiuchus | Sagittarius | | Distance from Earth (AU) | 111.397 | 89.907 | 104.438 | 126.979 | 29.028 | | One-way light time (hours) | 15.44 | 12.46 | 14.48 | 17.60 | 4.02 | | Brightness of Sun from spacecraft (Magnitude) | -16.5 | -16.9 | -16.6 | -16.2 | -19.4 | | Spacecraft still functioning? | no | no | yes | yes | yes | | Launch date | 03/03/1972 | 06/04/1973 | 20/08/1977 | 05/09/1977 | 19/01/2006 |
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