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Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day from the Sun, 49 Years After Launch

On 18 November 2026, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is expected to be one light-day from the Sun. A light-day is the distance that light travels in one day: 16.1 billion miles. This will come 49 years after the spacecraft launched. On 30 October 2026, Voyager 1 was tracked at 25.80 billion kilometres away. That is just over 16 billion miles.…

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