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Voyager 2
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mariner Jupiter/Saturn B, Outer Planets B, Mariner 77B, MJS 77B, Voyager 77-3, Voyager II, Voyager2
space probe launched by NASA to study the outer Solar System, second furthest spacecraft from Earth after Voyager 1
Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched to explore the outer planets of our Solar System, and it is currently the second-farthest spacecraft from Earth, just behind its sister probe Voyager 1. It matters because it has provided unprecedented close-up observations of distant worlds like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune that would otherwise be impossible to study from Earth.
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- Part of
- Voyager program
- Operator
- NASA
- Country of origin
- United States
- Follows
- Voyager 1
- Distance from Earth
- 129.746
- Mass
- 735
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Official website
- voyager.jpl.nasa.gov
- Image
- Voyager spacecraft.jpg
- Speed
- 15.37414
- Significant event
- planetary flyby
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- Commons category
- Voyager 2
- nominal power output
- 470
- destination point
- Neptune
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1977-08-20
- space launch vehicle
- Titan IIIE
- Commons gallery
- Voyager 2
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41
- power consumed
- 420
- space tug
- Centaur
- powered by
- MHW-RTG
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Encyclopedic overview
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