Voyager 2 Posted on 09 January 202110 January 2021 By admin Voyager 2 SCET (UTC) Event20-08-197714:29:00Launch11-10-1977TCM 110-12-1977Enters Asteroid belt19-12-1977Voyager 1 overtakes Voyager 203-05-1978TCM 201-06-1978Primary radIo receiver fails. Remainder of mission flown on using its backup21-10-1978Exits Asteroid belt24-04-1979Start Jupiter observation phase27-06-1979TCM?08-07-197912:21Callisto flyby (distant) (214,930 km)09-07-197907:14Ganymede flyby (62,130 km)09-07-1979TCM?09-07-197917:53Europa flyby (distant) (205,720 km)09-07-197920:01Amalthea flyby (distant) (558,370 km)09-07-197922:29Jupiter flyby (721,883 km)09-07-197923:17Io flyby (distant) (1,129,900 km)23-07-1979TCM?01-01-1980TCM B6?26-02-1981TCM B705-06-1981Start Saturn observation phase19-07-198111:16:25Trajectory Correction Maneuver TCM 801-08-198100:00:00Vertical system scan13-08-198108:00:00Roll to Procyon15-08-198109:30:00Roll to Canopus18-08-198121:26:16Trajectory Correction Maneuver TCM 923-08-198101:26:57Iapetus 909,070km24-08-198107:50:00Roll to Miaplacidus25-08-198101:25:26Hyperion 470,840km25-08-198109:37:46Titan flyby (distant) (665,960 km)25-08-198112:40:00Science turns25-08-198122:57:33Helene (1980 S6) 318,200km26-08-198101:04:32Dione flyby (distant) (502,250 km)26-08-198102:22:17Calypso (1980 S25) 153,518km26-08-198102:24:26Mimas flyby (distant) (309,990 km)26-08-198102:39:11Science turns26-08-198102:47:31Science turns26-08-198103:08:29Prometheus (1980 S28) 287,170km26-08-198103:08:47Science turns26-08-198103:19:18Pandora (1980 S26) 107,000km26-08-198103:24:05Saturn Flyby26-08-198103:26:06Science turns26-08-198103:33:02Atlas (1980 S27) 246,590km26-08-198103:45:16Enceladus flyby (87,140 km)26-08-198103:50:04Janus (1980 S1) 222,760km26-08-198104:05:56Epimetheus (1980 S3) 147,010km26-08-198105:25:39Science turns26-08-198105:41:53Science turns26-08-198106:02:47Telesto (1980 S13) 284,400km26-08-198106:12:30Tethys flyby (93,000 km)26-08-198106:28:48Rhea flyby (distant) (645,280 km)26-08-198107:38:00Science turns26-08-198108:09:10Roll to Vega04-09-198101:46:00Roll to Canpous05-09-198101:22:34Phoebe 2,073,640km05-09-198103:10:00Roll to Miaplacidus09-09-198122:30:00Scale factor test24-01-198617:59:47Uranus Flyby14-02-19862.5 hrs trajectory correction maneuvre targets Voyager 2 towards Neptune25-08-198903:56:36Neptune Flyby25-08-1989Triton flyby (39,800 km)13-11-1998Terminate scan platform and UV observations06-09-2007Terminate data tape recorder operations01-01-2008Termination shock area (to be edited)22-02-2008Planetary radio astronomy experiment power off31-12-2015Terminate gyro operations20-08-201714:29:0040 years of flight31-12-2020Initiate instrument power shutdown01-01-2025Potential end of mission. Not enough power for 1 single instrument01-01-2028Reaches Heliopause (see also Beyond Solar System)01-01-2099Passes within 4.3 light-years of Sirius (in 296,000 years)