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It has a 3.7-metre (12 ft) diameter high-gain Cassegrain antenna to send and receive radio waves via the three Deep Space Network stations on the Earth. [21] The spacecraft normally transmits data to Earth over Deep Space Network Channel 18, using a frequency of either 2.3 GHz or 8.4 GHz, while signals from Earth to Voyager are transmitted at 2 ...
It overtook Pioneer 11 in 1981, [13] and then Pioneer 10—becoming the probe farthest from the Sun—on February 17, 1998. [14] Voyager 2 is moving faster than all other probes launched before it; it overtook Pioneer 11 in the late 1980s and then Pioneer 10 — becoming the second-farthest spacecraft from the Sun — on July 18, 2023. [15] [16]
At that time, the distance between the spacecraft and Earth was 40.47 astronomical units (6,055 million kilometers, 3,762 million miles). [17] The data from the camera was stored initially in an on-board tape recorder. Transmission to Earth was also delayed by the Magellan and Galileo missions being given priority use of the Deep Space Network.
When Voyager 1 lifted off to space on September 5, 1977, no one expected that the probe would still be operating today. ... Currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, Voyager 1 is about 15 ...
The probe is the farthest spacecraft from Earth, operating beyond the heliosphere — the sun’s bubble of magnetic fields and particles that extends well beyond Pluto’s orbit — where its ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA officials said the Orion spacecraft traveled to its farthest distance from Earth on Monday, two days after breaking a record set by Apollo 13. On Saturday, Orion, which ...
Earth: Luna 1: First spacecraft to achieve Earth's escape velocity. USSR 4 January 1959 Moon: Luna 1: First flyby. Distance of 5,995 kilometres (3,725 mi). USSR 4 January 1959 Sun: Luna 1: First spacecraft in heliocentric orbit. USSR 4 January 1959 Moon: Luna 2: First impact on another celestial body. [5] USSR 14 September 1959 Moon: Luna 3 ...
Voyager 1 is currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth at about 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away. Meanwhile, Voyager 2 has traveled more than 12.6 billion miles (20.3 billion ...