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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) | 127.101 | 105.488 | 125.179 | 150.776 | 48.549 | | Speed relative to Sun (km/s) | 11.925 | 11.212 | 15.317 | 16.960 | 13.913 | | Speed relative to Sun (AU/year) | 2.516 | 2.365 | 3.231 | 3.578 | 2.935 | | Ecliptic latitude | 3° | 14° | -37° | 35° | 2° | | Declination | 26° 0' | -8° 56' | -58° 31' | 12° 6' | -20° 34' | | Right ascension | 5h 13m | 18h 50m | 19h 59m | 17h 13m | 19h 7m | | Constellation | Taurus | Scutum | Pavo | Ophiuchus | Sagittarius | | Distance from Earth (AU) | 126.499 | 105.715 | 125.279 | 151.304 | 48.725 | | One-way light time (hours) | 17.53 | 14.65 | 17.37 | 20.97 | 6.75 | | Brightness of Sun from spacecraft (Magnitude) | -16.2 | -16.6 | -16.2 | -15.8 | -18.3 | | Spacecraft still functioning? | no | no | yes | yes | yes | | Launch date | 1972-Mar-03 | 1973-Apr-06 | 1977-Aug-20 | 1977-Sep-05 | 2006-Jan-19 |
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