The space probe Voyager 1 has been flying out of our solar system since 1977. How many kilometres does it travel in one day?

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1.5 million kilometres

About 1.5 million kilometres a day, almost four times the distance from Earth to the Moon.

How to get there

1. About 17 km per second
2. × 86,400 seconds per day
3. = about 1.47 million km per day

Source: Wikipedia: Voyager 1, about 17 km/s relative to the Sun; Lunar distance, average about 385,000 km (as of October 2026)

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