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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) | 132.816 | 110.824 | 132.409 | 158.908 | 55.170 | | Speed relative to Sun (km/s) | 11.900 | 11.175 | 15.292 | 16.943 | 13.755 | | Speed relative to Sun (AU/year) | 2.510 | 2.357 | 3.226 | 3.574 | 2.902 | | Ecliptic latitude | 3° | 14° | -38° | 35° | 2° | | Declination | 25° 58' | -8° 58' | -58° 43' | 12° 5' | -20° 18' | | Right ascension | 5h 11m | 18h 54m | 20h 5m | 17h 16m | 19h 17m | | Constellation | Taurus | Scutum | Pavo | Ophiuchus | Sagittarius | | Distance from Earth (AU) | 132.196 | 111.681 | 133.141 | 159.390 | 56.081 | | One-way light time (hours) | 18.32 | 15.48 | 18.46 | 22.09 | 7.77 | | Brightness of Sun from spacecraft (Magnitude) | -16.1 | -16.5 | -16.1 | -15.7 | -18.0 | | 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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