Voyager 2

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NASA spacecraft space probe

Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 that conducted historic flybys of all four outer giant planets and is now traveling through interstellar space.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Voyager 2 spacecraft 2
Voyager 2 spacecraft bus 2
Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 2 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spacecraft ⓘ
space probe ⓘ
attitudeControl three-axis stabilized ⓘ
carries Voyager Golden Record project ⓘ
surface form: Voyager Golden Record
communicationBand S-band ⓘ
X-band ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossedHeliopause 2018-11-05 ⓘ
designedLifetime 5 years ⓘ
discoveriesAtNeptune detailed study of Triton ⓘ
discovery of Neptune's Great Dark Spot ⓘ
discoveriesAtUranus detailed study of Uranus rings and moons ⓘ
distanceFromEarthAsOf2024 over 19 billion km ⓘ
enteredInterstellarSpace 2018-11-05 ⓘ
exceededDesignLifetime true ⓘ
extendedMissionTarget Neptune ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ
firstFlybyOf Jupiter ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
Uranus ⓘ
goldenRecordContents sounds and images of Earth ⓘ
highGainAntennaDiameter 3.7 m ⓘ
JupiterFlybyDate 1979 ⓘ
launchDate 1977-08-20 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral LC-41 ⓘ
launchVehicle Titan IIIE-Centaur ⓘ
manufacturer Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ
massAtLaunch 825.5 kg ⓘ
missionDesignation Voyager 2 self-link ⓘ
missionPhase interstellar mission ⓘ
missionStatus extended mission ⓘ
operational with limited instruments ⓘ
missionType interstellar mission ⓘ
planetary exploration ⓘ
NeptuneFlybyDate 1989 ⓘ
notableAchievement only spacecraft to have visited Neptune ⓘ
only spacecraft to have visited Uranus ⓘ
numberOfRTGs 3 ⓘ
onboardComputer Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem computer ⓘ
Computer Command System ⓘ
Flight Data Subsystem ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
powerSource RTG ⓘ
radioisotope thermoelectric generator ⓘ
preLaunchName Voyager 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 2
primaryMissionTarget Jupiter ⓘ
Saturn ⓘ
program Voyager program ⓘ
SaturnFlybyDate 1981 ⓘ
scientificObjective study heliosphere and interstellar medium ⓘ
study outer planets and their moons ⓘ
spacecraftBus Voyager bus ⓘ
trajectoryType gravity-assist grand tour of outer planets ⓘ
UranusFlybyDate 1986 ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Voyager 2 Flight Data Subsystem
Neptune → exploredBy → Voyager 2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 spacecraft
Titan → exploredBy → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Jupiter → hasExploredBy → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Voyager program → hasPart → Voyager 2 ⓘ
NASA spacecraft → includes → Voyager 2 ⓘ
NASA → launchedMission → Voyager 2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 spacecraft bus
Flight Data Subsystem → location → Voyager 2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 spacecraft bus
Computer Command System → mission → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Voyager 2 → missionDesignation → Voyager 2 self-link ⓘ
Titan IIIE → notablePayload → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Tethys → observedBy → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Computer Command System → partOf → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Flight Data Subsystem → partOf → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Voyager 2 → preLaunchName → Voyager 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mariner Jupiter-Saturn 2
Computer Command System → usedOn → Voyager 2 ⓘ
imaging science system → usedOn → Voyager 2 ⓘ
subject surface form: Imaging Science System
RTG → usedOn → Voyager 2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 spacecraft
Voyager program → usesSpacecraft → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Hyperion → visitedBy → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Uranus → visitedBy → Voyager 2 ⓘ
Saturn → wasVisitedBy → Voyager 2 ⓘ