Voyager 2 in 3D: live position and trajectory

Launched in 1977, the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune.

The real position of Voyager 2 is shown, from the trajectory computed by NASA JPL Horizons. The view opens on Voyager 2; you can travel in time, follow its route and compare it with the planets.

Mass

721.9 kg¹

Launch date

August 20, 1977¹

Launch vehicle

Titan IIIE-Centaur¹

Launch site

Cape Canaveral, United States¹

Trajectory: JPL Horizons, precomputed from August 21, 1977 to December 31, 2099.

Instruments

• Cosmic Ray Subsystem for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.crs
• Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.issn
• Imaging Science Subsystem - Wide Angle for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.issw
• Infrared Interferometer Spectrometer and Radiometer for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.iris
• Low Energy Charged Particle for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.lecp
• Photopolarimeter Subsystem for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.pps
• Planetary Radio Astronomy Receiver for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.pra
• Plasma Science Experiment for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.pls
• Plasma Wave Receiver for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.pws
• Radio Science Subsystem for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.rss
• Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.mag
• Ultraviolet Spectrometer for VG2
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.uvs
• Voyager 2 Spacecraft Sensors
  urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.eng

Investigations it appears in

• Voyager
• Comet D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker-Levy 9) Collision into Jupiter

What the PDS archive declares this spacecraft carries, read on September 30, 2026. Each name is the one the archive publishes, and the identifier below it is its citation.

Sources

1. NASA NSSDCA, Master Catalog. read 2026-09-20. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/