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Voyager 2

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Also known as Mariner Jupiter/Saturn B, Outer Planets B, Mariner 77B, MJS 77B, Voyager 77-3, Voyager II, Voyager2

space probe launched by NASA to study the outer Solar System, second furthest spacecraft from Earth after Voyager 1

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Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched to explore the outer planets of our Solar System, and it is currently the second-farthest spacecraft from Earth, just behind its sister probe Voyager 1. It matters because it has provided unprecedented close-up observations of distant worlds like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune that would otherwise be impossible to study from Earth.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,662 inbound references to Voyager 2, and connects out to heliosphere, Chang'e 4 and Solar System.

It sits within the topics 1977 in spaceflight, 1977 in the United States and 1977 robots.

Vinony links it to 91 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Part of: Voyager program
Operator: NASA
Country of origin: United States
Follows: Voyager 1
Distance from Earth: 129.746
Mass: 735
Manufacturer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Official website: voyager.jpl.nasa.gov
Image: Voyager spacecraft.jpg
Speed: 15.37414
Significant event: planetary flyby

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Commons category: Voyager 2
nominal power output: 470
destination point: Neptune
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1977-08-20
space launch vehicle: Titan IIIE
Commons gallery: Voyager 2
start point: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41
power consumed: 420
space tug: Centaur
powered by: MHW-RTG

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