Category.
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Statistic.
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Launch vehicle.
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Titan IIIE.
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Launch date.
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August 20, 1977, 14:29:00UTC.
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Launch site.
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Cape Canaveral LC-41.
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Ceased operations.
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Ongoing.
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Owner(s).
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NASA/JPL.
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Major contractor(s)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
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Is it still in orbit.
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Travelling for ever into deep space, but will irrevocably breakdown in ~2025 or slightly afterwards.
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Launch mass
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721.9 kilograms (1,592 lb).
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Nationality(s).
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American.
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Satellite type.
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Space and planetary exploration.
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Links.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2#Future_of_the_probe
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