In order to research the outer Solar System and the interstellar region beyond the Sun's heliosphere, NASA launched Voyager 1 on September 5, 1977, as a component of the Voyager mission. As of July 26, 2023 UTC [refresh], Voyager 1 has been in operation for 45 years, 10 months, and 21 days after being launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. It connects with Earth via NASA's Deep Space Network to receive standard orders and provide data. NASA and JPL offer real-time velocity and distance information. It is the furthest object constructed by humans from Earth, sitting at a distance of 159.756 AU (23.899 billion km; 14.850 billion mi) as of July 9, 2023.
The probe conducted flybys of Saturn, Jupiter, and Titan, Saturn's biggest moon. Because it was known that the moon has a significant atmosphere, investigation of the moon got precedence over a flyby of Titan or Pluto. The two gas giants' magnetic fields, atmospheres, and rings were all explored by Voyager 1, which was also the first probe to take in-depth pictures of their moons.
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