Where are we now?12h ago

2026-06-21 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-06-14)

WHERE ARE THE GOLDEN RECORDS NOW?

🟣 VOYAGER 1
- Barycentric speed: 16.91 km/s
- Distance (km): 25,448,100,753.44 km (+12,604,364.47 km)
- Distance (AU): 170.11 (+0.08)
- Light travel time: 23 h 34 min 48.32 s (+42.04 s)

🟢 VOYAGER 2
- Barycentric speed: 15.27 km/s
- Distance (km): 21,310,951,456.50 km (+3,323,555.22 km)
- Distance (AU): 142.45 (+0.02)
- Light travel time: 19 h 44 min 47.85 s (+11.09 s)

Audio Credit: NASA

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Show threadXenomorph 🐉2d ago

2. При запуске в 1977 году каждый из аппаратов серии Voyager 1 и Voyager 2 получал питание от трёх радиоизотопных термоэлектрических генераторов типа MHW-RTG (Multi-Hundred Watt Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator). Каждый генератор обеспечивал около 157 ватт электрической мощности, поэтому суммарная электрическая мощность трёх РИТЭГов составляла примерно 470 ватт на аппарат. В качестве источника тепла использовался радиоактивный изотоп плутоний-238; внутри каждого генератора находилось по 24 топливные капсулы, а общая масса плутония на один аппарат составляла около 4,5 килограмма.

Эти три РИТЭГа смонтированы на длинной выносной ферме, удалённой от корпуса аппарата, чтобы минимизировать влияние тепла и радиации на чувствительные научные приборы и электронику. Тепловая мощность системы при запуске составляла примерно 7 киловатт, однако в электрическую энергию преобразовывалось лишь около 6–7 процентов, а остальная энергия рассеивалась в космос в виде тепла. Даже спустя десятилетия РИТЭГи продолжают выделять значительное количество тепла, но выработка электричества постепенно снижается.

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Voyager 13d ago
After 48 years, 9 months, 12 days, 23 hours, and 35 minutes, Voyager 1 is approximately 26.1 billion km (16.2 billion miles) from the Earth.

That's 174.597 au or, at the speed of light, 24h 12m 04s.

From the Sun, Voyager 1 is approximately 25.6 billion km (15.9 billion miles or 170.969 au.)

Velocity relative to the Earth is about 39 km/sec (~87,916 mph); to the Sun about 16 km/sec (~37,782 mph.)

Voyager 1 has no thoughts today.

raw numbers:
earth distance: 26,119,404,948 km | 16,229,845,735 miles
earth velocity: 39.30234 km/s | 24.42134 mile/sec | 87916.84 mph

sun distance: 25,576,622,588 km | 15,892,576,413 miles
sun velocity: 16.89038 km/s | 10.49519 mile/sec | 37782.70 mph

extrapolation epochs: 1755446400, 1755532800

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Karen E. Lund 💙💛4d ago

In November Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth. Nothing made by humans has ever gone that far. (Mark your calendars!)

Look at it another way: I was in high school when Voyager 1 launched and now I'm retired. But V-ger is still working.

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https://spacedaily.com/d-in-november-2026-nasas-voyager-1-spacecraft-will-cross-a-milestone-no-human-made-object-has-ever-reached-the-point-at-which-a-radio-signal-traveling-at-the-speed-of-light-takes-a-full-24-h/

In November 2026, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft will cross a milestone no human-made object has ever reached — the point at which a radio signal traveling at the speed of light takes a full 24 hours to arrive — meaning the engineers on Earth who say "good morning, Voyager" on a Monday will not hear its response until Wednesday, in a probe still operating roughly 49 years after it launched from Cape Canaveral in 1977

Voyager 1 is, by every available measure, the longest-running and most successful piece of deep-space hardware in the history of the species. It launched at 8:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time on 5 September 1977, atop a Titan IIIE-Centaur rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on what was originally planned as […]

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Voyager 16d ago
After 48 years, 9 months, 9 days, 23 hours, and 35 minutes, Voyager 1 is approximately 26.1 billion km (16.2 billion miles) from the Earth.

That's 174.529 au or, at the speed of light, 24h 11m 30s.

From the Sun, Voyager 1 is approximately 25.6 billion km (15.9 billion miles or 170.940 au.)

Velocity relative to the Earth is about 39 km/sec (~87,916 mph); to the Sun about 16 km/sec (~37,782 mph.)

Voyager 1 has no thoughts today.

raw numbers:
earth distance: 26,109,217,781 km | 16,223,515,723 miles
earth velocity: 39.30234 km/s | 24.42134 mile/sec | 87916.84 mph

sun distance: 25,572,244,602 km | 15,889,856,059 miles
sun velocity: 16.89038 km/s | 10.49519 mile/sec | 37782.70 mph

extrapolation epochs: 1755446400, 1755532800

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Where are we now?Jun 14

2026-06-14 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-06-07)

WHERE ARE THE GOLDEN RECORDS NOW?

🟣 VOYAGER 1
- Barycentric speed: 16.92 km/s
- Distance (km): 25,435,496,388.96 km (+10,882,795.88 km)
- Distance (AU): 170.03 (+0.07)
- Light travel time: 23 h 34 min 6.27 s (+36.30 s)

🟢 VOYAGER 2
- Barycentric speed: 15.27 km/s
- Distance (km): 21,307,627,901.28 km (+1,853,020.99 km)
- Distance (AU): 142.43 (+0.01)
- Light travel time: 19 h 44 min 36.76 s (+6.18 s)

Audio Credit: NASA

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Voyager 1Jun 11
After 48 years, 9 months, 5 days, 23 hours, and 35 minutes, Voyager 1 is approximately 26.1 billion km (16.2 billion miles) from the Earth.

That's 174.439 au or, at the speed of light, 24h 10m 45s.

From the Sun, Voyager 1 is approximately 25.6 billion km (15.9 billion miles or 170.901 au.)

Velocity relative to the Earth is about 39 km/sec (~87,916 mph); to the Sun about 16 km/sec (~37,782 mph.)

Voyager 1 has no thoughts today.

raw numbers:
earth distance: 26,095,634,892 km | 16,215,075,706 miles
earth velocity: 39.30234 km/s | 24.42134 mile/sec | 87916.84 mph

sun distance: 25,566,407,287 km | 15,886,228,920 miles
sun velocity: 16.89038 km/s | 10.49519 mile/sec | 37782.70 mph

extrapolation epochs: 1755446400, 1755532800

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Voyager 1Jun 8
After 48 years, 9 months, 2 days, 23 hours, and 35 minutes, Voyager 1 is approximately 26.1 billion km (16.2 billion miles) from the Earth.

That's 174.370 au or, at the speed of light, 24h 10m 11s.

From the Sun, Voyager 1 is approximately 25.6 billion km (15.9 billion miles or 170.872 au.)

Velocity relative to the Earth is about 39 km/sec (~87,916 mph); to the Sun about 16 km/sec (~37,782 mph.)

Voyager 1 has no thoughts today.

raw numbers:
earth distance: 26,085,447,725 km | 16,208,745,694 miles
earth velocity: 39.30234 km/s | 24.42134 mile/sec | 87916.84 mph

sun distance: 25,562,029,302 km | 15,883,508,566 miles
sun velocity: 16.89038 km/s | 10.49519 mile/sec | 37782.70 mph

extrapolation epochs: 1755446400, 1755532800

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Where are we now?Jun 7

2026-06-07 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-05-31)

WHERE ARE THE GOLDEN RECORDS NOW?

🟣 VOYAGER 1
- Barycentric speed: 16.92 km/s
- Distance (km): 25,424,613,593.09 km (+9,156,573.25 km)
- Distance (AU): 169.95 (+0.06)
- Light travel time: 23 h 33 min 29.97 s (+30.54 s)

🟢 VOYAGER 2
- Barycentric speed: 15.27 km/s
- Distance (km): 21,305,774,880.29 km (+492,620.77 km)
- Distance (AU): 142.42 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 19 h 44 min 30.58 s (+1.64 s)

Audio Credit: NASA

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Voyager 1Jun 4
After 48 years, 8 months, 29 days, 23 hours, and 35 minutes, Voyager 1 is approximately 26.1 billion km (16.2 billion miles) from the Earth.

That's 174.280 au or, at the speed of light, 24h 09m 26s.

From the Sun, Voyager 1 is approximately 25.6 billion km (15.9 billion miles or 170.833 au.)

Velocity relative to the Earth is about 39 km/sec (~87,916 mph); to the Sun about 16 km/sec (~37,782 mph.)

Voyager 1 has no thoughts today.

raw numbers:
earth distance: 26,071,864,835 km | 16,200,305,678 miles
earth velocity: 39.30234 km/s | 24.42134 mile/sec | 87916.84 mph

sun distance: 25,556,191,987 km | 15,879,881,427 miles
sun velocity: 16.89038 km/s | 10.49519 mile/sec | 37782.70 mph

extrapolation epochs: 1755446400, 1755532800

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