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Flight Path of Voyager 2 Began 8/20/77 Individual Locations

Explore the incredible journey of Voyager 2 as it embarked on its mission to Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune. From its launch on August 20, 1977, to its current location, discover the distances traveled, fuel analysis, and remarkable accomplishments of this space probe. With enough power to last until at least 2020, Voyager 2 continues to make history.

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Flight Path of Voyager 2 Began 8/20/77 Individual Locations

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  1. Flight Path of Voyager 2 Began 8/20/77Individual Locations Created for CVCA Physics By Dick Heckathorn 16 February 2K + 5

  2. Launch 8/20/77 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  3. 1/1/78 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  4. 1/1/79 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  5. 7/9/79 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  6. 1/1/80 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  7. 1/1/81 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  8. 8/27/81 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  9. 1/1/82 Saturn Jupiter Voyager2 Uranus Neptune

  10. 1/1/83 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  11. 1/1/84 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  12. 1/1/85 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  13. 1/1/86 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  14. 1/31/86 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  15. 1/1/87 Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  16. 1/1/88 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  17. 1/1/89 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  18. 9/4/89 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  19. 1/1/90 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  20. 1/1/02 Saturn Jupiter Voyager 2 Uranus Neptune

  21. As of 8/20/99 Voyager 2 was: As of 1/5/01 Voyager 2 was: 8,776,000,000 km from the Sun 9,411,000,000 km from the Sun 12,234,000,000 km – traveled 12,923,000,000 km – traveled 15.826 km/sec relative to the Sun 15.767 km/sec relative to the Sun

  22. As of 8/20/99 Voyager 2 was: Round trip light time 16 hr, 4 min, 18 sec As of 1/5/01 Voyager 2 was: Round trip light time 17 hr, 41 min, 06 sec

  23. As of 8/20/99 Fuel Analysis As of 1/5/01 Fuel Analysis Consuming 6.32 grams/week fuel Consuming 7.80 grams/week fuel 32.26 Kg - fuel remaining 31.66 Kg - fuel remaining 321.3 watts - output 314.9 watts - output

  24. In July 2003, Voyager 2 was 10.6 Billion km from the Sun (70 A.U.) It was traveling at 3.3 A.U./year. It has enough power to last until at least 2020 when it will be 16.9 Billion km from the Sun. In 296,000 years it will be within 4.3 light years of the star Sirius.

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