Voyager 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

12:56:00

Monday September 5, 1977

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Voyager 1

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The probe's objectives included flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Although the spacecraft's course could have been altered to include a Pluto encounter by forgoing the Titan flyby, exploration of the moon took priority because it was known to have a substantial atmosphere.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

826 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Titan IIIE

Active 1974 to 1977


Rocket

Height: 48.8m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 15,400 kg

Liftoff Thrust

12,769 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Titan III


106th

Mission

6th

Mission of 1977

1977


87th

Orbital launch attempt