Voyager 2

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Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 that conducted historic flybys of all four outer giant planets and is now traveling through interstellar space.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spacecraft
space probe
attitudeControl three-axis stabilized
carries Voyager Golden Record
communicationBand S-band
X-band
countryOfOrigin United States
crossedHeliopause 2018-11-05
designedLifetime 5 years
discoveriesAtNeptune detailed study of Triton
discovery of Neptune's Great Dark Spot
discoveriesAtUranus detailed study of Uranus rings and moons
distanceFromEarthAsOf2024 over 19 billion km
enteredInterstellarSpace 2018-11-05
exceededDesignLifetime true
extendedMissionTarget Neptune
Uranus
firstFlybyOf Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
goldenRecordContents sounds and images of Earth
highGainAntennaDiameter 3.7 m
JupiterFlybyDate 1979
launchDate 1977-08-20
launchSite Cape Canaveral LC-41
launchVehicle Titan IIIE-Centaur
manufacturer Jet Propulsion Laboratory
massAtLaunch 825.5 kg
missionDesignation Voyager 2
missionPhase interstellar mission
missionStatus extended mission
operational with limited instruments
missionType interstellar mission
planetary exploration
NeptuneFlybyDate 1989
notableAchievement only spacecraft to have visited Neptune
only spacecraft to have visited Uranus
numberOfRTGs 3
onboardComputer Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem computer
Computer Command System
Flight Data Subsystem
operator NASA
powerSource RTG
radioisotope thermoelectric generator
preLaunchName Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 2
linked to: Voyager 2
primaryMissionTarget Jupiter
Saturn
program Voyager program
SaturnFlybyDate 1981
scientificObjective study heliosphere and interstellar medium
study outer planets and their moons
spacecraftBus Voyager bus
trajectoryType gravity-assist grand tour of outer planets
UranusFlybyDate 1986

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NASA launchedMission Voyager 2
Titan exploredBy Voyager 2
Voyager 2 missionDesignation Voyager 2
Voyager 2 preLaunchName Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 2
linked to: Voyager 2
Voyager program hasPart Voyager 2
Voyager program usesSpacecraft Voyager 2
Jupiter hasExploredBy Voyager 2
Uranus visitedBy Voyager 2
Neptune exploredBy Voyager 2 spacecraft
linked to: Voyager 2
Saturn wasVisitedBy Voyager 2
Titan IIIE notablePayload Voyager 2
Hyperion visitedBy Voyager 2
Tethys observedBy Voyager 2
RTG usedOn Voyager 2 spacecraft
linked to: Voyager 2
Computer Command System partOf Voyager 2
Computer Command System mission Voyager 2
Computer Command System usedOn Voyager 2
Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem computer communicatesWith Voyager 2 Flight Data Subsystem
linked to: Voyager 2
Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem computer location Voyager 2 spacecraft bus
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Flight Data Subsystem partOf Voyager 2
Flight Data Subsystem location Voyager 2 spacecraft bus
linked to: Voyager 2
Imaging Science System usedOn Voyager 2
subject linked to: imaging science system
NASA spacecraft includes Voyager 2
outer Solar System studiedBy Voyager 2
Great Red Spot observedBy Voyager 2
Titania visitedBySpacecraft Voyager 2
Ariel visitedBy Voyager 2
Miranda exploredBySpacecraft Voyager 2
Miranda flybyMission Voyager 2
Oberon visitedBy Voyager 2
Oberon imagedBy Voyager 2
Great Dark Spot discoveredBy Voyager 2
Adams ring discoveredBy Voyager 2
Adams ring confirmedBy Voyager 2 flyby
linked to: Voyager 2
Galle ring discoverer Voyager 2
Galle ring discoveredBy Voyager 2 spacecraft
linked to: Voyager 2
Arago ring discoveredBy Voyager 2
Arago ring discoverySite Voyager 2 spacecraft
linked to: Voyager 2
Proteus (moon) discoverer Voyager 2
subject linked to: Proteus
Proteus (moon) imagedBy Voyager 2
subject linked to: Proteus
Galatea discoverySite Voyager 2
Galatea discoveredDuring Voyager 2 Neptune flyby
linked to: Voyager 2