Voyager 1 - Mission Profile

Mission Profile

Timeline of travel
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
02:15:00 Ganymede flyby at 114,710 km.
17:08:00 Callisto flyby at 126,400 km.
1979-04-13 Phase Stop
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
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
1980-12-14 Begin Voyager Interstellar Mission.
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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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