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New Horizons — Photo: New Horizons at Kennedy Space Center, 2005
Photo: New Horizons at Kennedy Space Center, 2005. Credit: NASA. Licence: Public domain (NASA). Source

NASA's probe that flew past Pluto in 2015 and the Kuiper belt object Arrokoth in 2019.

Measured

From the Sun today
66.1 AU (9.88 billion km)
Moving outward
2.86 AU a year (13.5 km/s)
Constellation
Sagittarius
Position (J2000)
RA 19h 19m 04s, Dec −20.18°

How far, from the Sun

66.1 AU. To cross it:

  • Light9 hours 9 minutes
  • Voyager 1's speed18.6 years
  • Driving at 100 km/h11,300 years

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

Facts

  • Launched in January 2006, it flew past Pluto on 14 July 2015.
  • On 1 January 2019 it flew past Arrokoth, the most distant object explored up close, as of 2025.

Where this comes from

  • JPL Horizons heliocentric ephemeris, 2026-10-25 (Voyager 1 172.15 AU, Voyager 2 144.29 AU, New Horizons 65.90 AU)

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