Voyager program
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The Voyager program is a NASA mission that launched the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft in 1977 to explore the outer planets and interstellar space, becoming one of humanity’s most significant and long-lived space exploration efforts.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Voyager Interstellar Mission | 1 |
| Voyager interstellar missions | 1 |
| Voyager missions | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space exploration program
ⓘ
planetary exploration program ⓘ |
| communicationNetwork |
Deep Space Network
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Deep Space Network
|
| containsArtifact |
Voyager Golden Record project
ⓘ
surface form:
Voyager Golden Record
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasPart |
Voyager 1
ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ |
| includesInstrument |
cosmic ray subsystem
ⓘ
imaging science system ⓘ infrared interferometer spectrometer ⓘ magnetometer ⓘ photopolarimeter ⓘ planetary radio astronomy instrument ⓘ plasma spectrometer ⓘ ultraviolet spectrometer ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
|
| launchVehicle | Titan IIIE ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| managingOrganization | Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ |
| missionDuration | long-duration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first detailed exploration of Jupiter by a spacecraft pair
ⓘ
first detailed exploration of Saturn by a spacecraft pair ⓘ first flyby of Neptune ⓘ first flyby of Uranus ⓘ first spacecraft to enter interstellar space ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | exploration of outer planets ⓘ |
| resultedInDiscovery |
Geysers on Triton
ⓘ
active volcanism on Io ⓘ complex structure of Saturn's rings ⓘ magnetic field of Neptune ⓘ magnetic field of Uranus ⓘ new moons of Jupiter ⓘ new moons of Saturn ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
astrophysics
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heliophysics ⓘ planetary science ⓘ |
| secondaryObjective | study of interstellar space ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | uncrewed space probe ⓘ |
| startDate |
1977-08-20
ⓘ
1977-09-05 ⓘ |
| status | ongoing ⓘ |
| target |
Jupiter
ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ Saturn ⓘ Uranus ⓘ heliosphere ⓘ interstellar medium ⓘ |
| usesSpacecraft |
Voyager 1
ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Voyager Interstellar Mission
subject surface form:
Imaging Science System
this entity surface form:
Voyager interstellar missions
this entity surface form:
Voyager missions