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Voyager 2

The only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune.

Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched on 20 August 1977, 16 days before its twin Voyager 1. It flew past Jupiter (1979), Saturn (1981), Uranus (1986) and Neptune (1989), and is the only spacecraft to have visited either ice giant.

It entered interstellar space on 5 November 2018 at 119.7 AU from the Sun and now studies the interstellar medium, communicating through the Deep Space Network.

Quick Facts

Mission type
Planetary exploration
Operator
NASA; JPL
Manufacturer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Launch mass
721.9 kg / 1,592 lb
Power
470 watts (at launch)
Launch rocket
Titan IIIE
Launch site
Cape Canaveral LC-41
Programme
Large Strategic Science Missions, Planetary Science Division

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