Lockheed Martin Titan IIIE Voyager 2
Titan IIIE
Status
Success
Date
20 AUG 1977
14:29
Mission Overview
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets. Part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1, on a trajectory that took longer to reach Jupiter and Saturn but enabled further encounters with Uranus and Neptune. It is the only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giants.
Rocket
Titan IIIE
Mission Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Solar Escape Trajectory
Stages
4
Livestream