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Friday, March 3, 2023

List of Satellites traveled furthest distance from Earth


Here are the top 10 satellites that have gone the furthest distance from Earth,  based on the information available to me:

1.  Voyager 1 - Launched in 1977, it has traveled more than 14 billion miles (22.5 billion kilometers) from Earth and is currently in interstellar space.


2.  Voyager 2 - Also launched in 1977, it has traveled more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) from Earth and is also in interstellar space.


3.  Pioneer 10 - Launched in 1972, it traveled more than 7.5 billion miles (12 billion kilometers) from Earth before losing contact in 2003.


4.  Pioneer 11 - Launched in 1973, it traveled more than 7.3 billion miles (11.7 billion kilometers) from Earth before losing contact in 1995.


5.  New Horizons - Launched in 2006, it has traveled more than 4.4 billion miles (7 billion kilometers) from Earth and recently flew past Pluto.


6.  Cassini-Huygens - Launched in 1997, it traveled more than 2.2 billion miles (3.5 billion kilometers) from Earth before its mission ended in 2017.


7.  Rosetta - Launched in 2004, it traveled more than 3.5 billion miles (5.7 billion kilometers) to rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.


8.  Juno - Launched in 2011, it has traveled more than 1.9 billion miles (3.1 billion kilometers) to study Jupiter.


9.  Dawn - Launched in 2007, it traveled more than 3.1 billion miles (5 billion kilometers) to study the asteroids Vesta and Ceres.


10. Parker Solar Probe - Launched in 2018, it has traveled more than 0.11       billion miles (0.17 billion kilometers) towards the sun to study its       atmosphere and environment

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