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Voyager 1
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- Launched
- 5 Sept 197712:56:01 UTC
- Active for
- 49 years 2 months
A spacecraft that performed flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's moon Titan. Currently exploring interstellar space.
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Launch5 Sept 1977Jupiter flyby5 Mar 1979Saturn and Titan flyby12 Nov 1980Enters interstellar space25 Aug 2012
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Three-axis stabilised probe built around a 3.7 m high-gain antenna, powered by three radioisotope thermoelectric generators.
- Launch mass
- 820 kg
- Dry mass
- 716 kg
- Size
- diameter 3.7 m
- Power
- Radioisotope
- Designator
- 1977-084A
Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
