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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) | 108.636 | 88.231 | 101.955 | 124.573 | 26.709 | | Speed relative to Sun (km/s) | 12.024 | 11.357 | 15.422 | 17.033 | 15.065 | | Speed relative to Sun (AU/year) | 2.536 | 2.396 | 3.253 | 3.593 | 3.178 | | Ecliptic latitude | 3° | 14° | -35° | 35° | 2° | | Declination | 25° 54' | -8° 35' | -56° 25' | 12° 28' | -20° 55' | | Right ascension | 5h 9m | 18h 46m | 19h 56m | 17h 10m | 18h 54m | | Constellation | Taurus | Scutum | Telescopium | Ophiuchus | Sagittarius | | Distance from Earth (AU) | 109.635 | 87.271 | 101.171 | 123.765 | 25.722 | | One-way light time (hours) | 15.20 | 12.10 | 14.02 | 17.16 | 3.57 | | Brightness of Sun from spacecraft (mag) | -16.5 | -17.0 | -16.7 | -16.2 | -19.6 | | 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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