Voyager 2

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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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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

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Thalassa discoveredBySpacecraft Voyager 2
Thalassa exploredBy Voyager 2
Thalassa discoveryContext Voyager 2
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 Neptune flyby
Naiad discoveredDuring Voyager 2
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 Neptune flyby
Umbriel exploredBy Voyager 2
Umbriel flybyMission Voyager 2
Dione visitedBy Voyager 2
Europa exploredBy Voyager 2
D ring observedBy Voyager 2
F ring imagedBy Voyager 2
G ring observedBy Voyager 2
Cassini Division observedBy Voyager 2
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 spacecraft
Despina discoveredBy Voyager 2
Iapetus observedByMission Voyager 2
Triton hasExplorationMission Voyager 2
Triton wasVisitedBy Voyager 2
Rhea hasBeenVisitedBy Voyager 2
Enceladus exploredBy Voyager 2
Mimas exploredBy Voyager 2
Saturn VII imagedBy Voyager 2
Larissa confirmedBy Voyager 2
Io hasBeenVisitedBy Voyager 2
Odysseus impact basin discoveredBy Voyager 2
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 spacecraft
Odysseus impact basin imagedBy Voyager 2
Ithaca Chasma discoveredBy Voyager 2
Calypso imagedBy Voyager 2
Ganymede visitedBy Voyager 2
Callisto exploredBy Voyager 2
Voyager imaging team operatesOn Voyager 2
Murmurs of Earth relatedTo Voyager 2
Oberon Plateau observedIn Voyager 2
this entity surface form: Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus
Jovian ring system studiedBy Voyager 2