Category. | Statistic. |
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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 |
- See also: Space satellites