Voyager 2Titan IIIE Lockheed Martin Launch Status Success Sat ยท Aug 20th, 1977 10:29 AM EDT Watch Online Mission Voyager 2 Type: Robotic Exploration Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, to study the outer planets. Part of the Voyager program, it was launched 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1, on a trajectory that took longer to reach Jupiter and Saturn but enabled further encounters with Uranus and Neptune. It is the only spacecraft to have visited either of the ice giants. Location Space Launch Complex 41 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA 214 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. Rocket Titan III Length: 48.8 meters Diameter: 3.05 meters First Launch: February 11, 1974 The Titan III rocket has been launched a total of 7 times with 6 successful and 1 failed launches. Agency Lockheed Martin Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LMT Founded: 1953 Launchers: Titan | Agena Spacecraft: Hubble | JUNO | InSight Country: USA Lockheed Martin’s Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM’s in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA’s return to the moon in 2024. View Rocket Launch Schedule