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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) | 110.461 | 89.937 | 104.238 | 127.157 | 28.958 | | Speed relative to Sun (km/s) | 12.013 | 11.341 | 15.410 | 17.025 | 14.893 | | Speed relative to Sun (AU/year) | 2.534 | 2.392 | 3.251 | 3.591 | 3.142 | | Ecliptic latitude | 3° | 14° | -35° | 35° | 2° | | Declination | 25° 52' | -8° 46' | -56° 11' | 12° 10' | -20° 48' | | Right ascension | 5h 6m | 18h 49m | 19h 58m | 17h 13m | 19h 2m | | Constellation | Taurus | Scutum | Telescopium | Ophiuchus | Sagittarius | | Distance from Earth (AU) | 110.492 | 90.300 | 104.636 | 127.095 | 29.358 | | One-way light time (hours) | 15.32 | 12.52 | 14.50 | 17.62 | 4.07 | | 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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