| Date |
Event |
| 1977-09-05 |
Spacecraft launched at 12:56:00 UTC. |
| 1977-12-10 |
Entered asteroid belt. |
| 1977-12-19 |
Voyager 1 overtakes Voyager 2. (see diagram) |
| 1978-09-08 |
Exited asteroid belt. |
| 1979-01-06 |
Start Jupiter observation phase.
| Time |
Event |
| 1979-03-05 |
Encounter with Jovian system. |
| 06:54:00 |
Amalthea flyby at 420,200 km. |
| 12:05:26 |
Jupiter closest approach at 348,890 km from the center of mass. |
| 15:14:00 |
Io flyby at 20,570 km. |
| 18:19:00 |
Europa flyby at 733,760 km. |
| 1979-03-06 |
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| 02:15:00 |
Ganymede flyby at 114,710 km. |
| 17:08:00 |
Callisto flyby at 126,400 km. |
| 1979-04-13 |
Phase Stop |
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| 1980-08-22 |
Start Saturn observation phase.
| Time |
Event |
| 1980-11-12 |
Encounter with Saturnian system. |
| 05:41:21 |
Titan flyby at 6,490 km. |
| 22:16:32 |
Tethys flyby at 415,670 km. |
| 23:46:30 |
Saturn closest approach at 184,300 km from the center of mass. |
| 1980-11-13 |
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| 01:43:12 |
Mimas flyby at 88,440 km. |
| 01:51:16 |
Enceladus flyby at 202,040 km. |
| 06:21:53 |
Rhea flyby at 73,980 km. |
| 16:44:41 |
Hyperion flyby at 880,440 km. |
| 1980-12-14 |
Phase Stop |
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| 1980-12-14 |
Begin Voyager Interstellar Mission. |
| More |
| 1990-02-14 |
Final images of the Voyager Program acquired by Voyager 1 to create the Solar System "Family Portrait". |
| 1997-09-05 |
20 years of continuous flight and operation at 12:56:00 UTC. |
| 1998-02-17 |
Voyager 1 overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant man-made object from the Sun, at 69.419AU. Voyager 1 is moving away from the Sun over 1 AU per year faster than Pioneer 10 |
| 2003-05-11 |
First spacecraft to reach a distance of 90AU from the Sun. |
| 2004-12-17 |
Passed the termination shock and began exploration of the inner heliosheath. |
| 2007-02-02 |
Terminated Plasma subsystem operations. |
| 2007-04-11 |
Terminated plasma subsystem heater. |
| 2007-09-05 |
30 years of continuous flight and operation at 12:56:00 UTC. |
| 2008-01-16 |
Terminated planetary radio astronomy experiment operations. |
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