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Voyager 2
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- Launched
- 20 Aug 197714:29:44 UTC
- Active for
- 49 years 2 months
A spacecraft that performed flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Currently exploring interstellar space.
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Launch20 Aug 1977Jupiter flyby9 Jul 1979Saturn flyby26 Aug 1981Uranus flyby24 Jan 1986Neptune flyby25 Aug 1989Enters interstellar space5 Nov 2018
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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
- 1977-076A
Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.
