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Voyager 1.
Category. Statistic.
Launch vehicle. Titan IIIE rocket.
Launch date. September 5, 1977.
Launch site. Cape Canaveral LC-41
Ceased operations. Ongoing.
Owner(s). NASA/JPL.
Major contractor(s).  Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Is it still in orbit. Travelling for ever into deep space, but will irrevocably breakdown in ~2025-2030.
Nationality(s). American.
Launch mass. 721.9 kilograms (1,592 lb).
Satellite type. Space and planetary exploration.
Links. http://www.space.com/17688-voyager-1.html, https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV0X3uVFY40UA2YhXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyMjBhazUwBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjMxMzRfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=Voyager+1.&fr=yset_chr_cnewtab, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Future_of_the_probe
Voyager probe

Voyager 1, its extended booms deploying instruments (right) and RTGs (left). The golden record, included to communicate with extraterrestrials, is below the high-gain antenna.

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