Voyager 1 Posted on 09 January 202110 January 2021 By admin Voyager 1 SCET (UTC) Event05-09-197712:56:00Launch11-09-1977TCM 1 part 113-09-1977TCM 1 part 229-10-1977TCM 1A10-12-1977Enters Asteroid belt19-12-1977Voyager 1 overtakes Voyager 201-06-1978TCM 2 (tbc)08-09-1978Exits Asteroid belt04-01-1979Start Jupiter observation phase29-01-1979TCM 3 (tbc)21-02-1979TCM 405-03-197906:54Amalthea flyby (distant)05-03-197912:05:26Jupiter Flyby05-03-197915:14Io flyby05-03-197918:19Europa flyby (distant)06-03-197902:15Ganymede flyby06-03-197917:08Callisto flyby09-04-1979TCM 519-08-198011:45Ant. And Sun sensor callibrations22-08-1980Start Saturn observation phase23-08-198009:00:00Cruise science maneuver10-10-198019:09:51Trajectory Correction Maneuver TCM 807-11-198003:39:58Trajectory Correction Maneuver TCM 912-11-198005:41:21Titan flyby (targetted) (6,490 km)12-11-198022:16:32Tethys flyby (distant) (415,670 km)12-11-198023:46:30Saturn Flyby13-11-198001:43:12Mimas flyby (88,440 km)13-11-198001:51:16Enceladus flyby (distant) (202,040 km)13-11-198003:39:40Dione flyby (distant) (161,520 km)13-11-198005:30:00Science turns13-11-198006:21:53Rhea flyby (73,980 km)13-11-198007:30:00Science turns13-11-198016:44:41Hyperion flyby (distant) (880,440 km)13-11-198021:30:00Science turns17-02-1998Voyager 1 overtakes Pioneer 10 and becomes most distant spacecraft from the sun11-05-2003First spacecraft to reach a distance of 90AU from the Sun17-12-2004likely penetrated termination shock02-02-2007Plasma subsystem power off11-04-2007PLS heater off16-01-2008Planetary radio astronomy experiment power off31-12-2010Terminate scan platform and UV observations31-12-2015Terminate data tape recorder operations31-12-2016Terminate gyro operations05-09-201712:56:0040 years of flight31-12-2020Initiate instrument power shutdown01-01-2026Potential end of mission. Not enough power for 1 single instrument01-01-2028Reaches Heliopause01-01-2099Passes within 1.6 light-years of Star AC+79 3888 in 40,000 years