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1977 · Lockheed Martin

Voyager 2

successTitan IIIE | Voyager 2

Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets. Part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1, on a trajectory that took longer to reach Jupiter and Saturn but enabled further encounters with Uranus and Neptune. It is the only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giants.

Overview

Date / time
August 20, 1977 at 02:29 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41
Mission
Voyager 2
Mission type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit achieved
Solar Escape Trajectory
Launch vehicle
Titan IIIE →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin →

Payloads deployed · 1

VOYAGER 2
Interstellar