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Voyager 2
Space probe launched by NASA to study the outer Solar System, second furthest spacecraft from Earth after Voyager 1. Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977 aboard a Titan IIIE from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Aug 20, 1977).
COSPAR 1977-076ANORAD 10271United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Voyager 2
- Payload designation
- Voyager 77-3
- Other names
- MJS-L:Pauxc
- International designator
- 1977-076A
- NORAD catalog number
- 10271
- GCAT identifier
- S10271
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/005
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Voyager
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Voyager
Launch
- Date
- August 20, 1977 · 14:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1977-076Success
- Rocket
- Titan IIIE
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC41
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 325 km
- Inclination
- 41.86°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- August 20, 1977
- Last known active
- January 2023
Size
- Mass
- 820 kg
- Dry mass
- 716 kg
- Length
- 3.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.70 m
- Span
- 17.3 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00574
- Final central body
- Jupiter
- Phase start
- April 30, 1979
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · September 18, 1979
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1977 | Earth | Aug 22, 1977 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Jun 18, 1981 | Saturn | Nov 2, 1981 | Flyby | HCO |
| Dec 1, 1985 | Uranus | Mar 20, 1986 | Flyby | HCO |
| Jun 6, 1989 | Neptune | Nov 12, 1989 | Flyby | HCO |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q48475 (CC0).