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Voyager 2

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Voyager 2 is a NASA satellite launched on August 20 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida

Timeline

1977

  • Aug. 20: Voyager 2 launched from Kennedy Space Flight Center.

1979

  • July 9: Voyager 2 comes in for its closest visit of Jupiter.

1981

  • Aug. 25: Voyager 2 flies by Saturn.

1986

  • Jan. 20: Voyager 2 has the first-ever encounter with Uranus.

1987

1988

  • Voyager 2 returns first color images of Neptune.

1989

  • Aug. 25: Voyager 2 is the first spacecraft to observe Neptune. Voyager 2 begins its trip out of the Solar System, below the ecliptic plane.

1990

  • Jan. 1: Begins Voyager Interstellar Mission.
  • Feb. 14: Last Voyager Images - Portrait of the Solar System.

2004

  • Dec. 16: Voyager enters Solar Systems' Final Frontier.

2005

  • Jan. 5: Voyagers Surpass 10,000 Days Of Operation.

See Also

Voyager 1

External links

NASA's Voyager website

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