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Originally Posted by masraum
And the ultimate, we receive communications from Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 which have left the solar system.
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Voyager 1 is 14+ billion miles away from the Earth. Pluto is over three billion miles for perspective. (Voyager 2 at 11 billion)
Over 20 hours for Voyager 1 transmissions to reach earth.
Both were expected to have a three to five year functional operation span from 1977.