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Operating — JPL's Wind trajectory was revised 2026-09-30 and runs to December 2026 (Horizons). Launched 1994; at the Sun–Earth L1 point since 2004.

At Earth.

Measured

Agency
NASA
Arrived
2004
From the Earth today
1,632,069 km
Drum, across
2.4 m

How far, from the Earth

1.63 million km. To cross it:

  • Light5.44 seconds
  • Voyager 1's speed1.12 days
  • Driving at 100 km/h22.3 months

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • JPL Horizons trajectory round Earth: worst miss 473 km on the dates it was checked against (median 41 km); between those dates as much as about 1,400 km. Dates after the data was fetched are Horizons' predictions, which it revises as a mission flies.

Where this comes from

  • NASA/GSFC
  • Spacecraft trajectories: JPL Horizons, NASA/JPL-Caltech; each mission's agency credited on its card.
  • 3D model: Wind model: NASA 3D Resources

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.