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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) | 109.838 | 89.354 | 103.458 | 126.274 | 28.192 | | Speed relative to Sun (km/s) | 12.017 | 11.346 | 15.414 | 17.027 | 14.949 | | Speed relative to Sun (AU/year) | 2.535 | 2.393 | 3.252 | 3.592 | 3.153 | | Ecliptic latitude | 3° | 14° | -35° | 35° | 2° | | Declination | 25° 56' | -8° 55' | -56° 9' | 11° 56' | -21° 7' | | Right ascension | 5h 8m | 18h 45m | 19h 52m | 17h 11m | 18h 50m | | Constellation | Taurus | Scutum | Telescopium | Ophiuchus | Sagittarius | | Distance from Earth (AU) | 108.854 | 90.233 | 104.159 | 127.081 | 29.095 | | One-way light time (hours) | 15.09 | 12.51 | 14.44 | 17.61 | 4.03 | | 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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