Voyager 2 timeline
| Aug 20, 1977 | Spacecraft launched at 14:29:00 UTC. |
| Dec 10, 1977 | Entered asteroid belt. |
| Dec 19, 1977 |  Voyager 1 overtakes Voyager 2. |
| Apr 1978 | Primary radio receiver fails. Remainder of mission flown using backup. |
| Oct 21, 1978 |  Exited asteroid belt |
| Apr 25, 1979 |  Start Jupiter observation phase |
| Jun 5, 1981 |  Start Saturn observation phase. |
| Nov 4, 1985 |  Start Uranus observation phase. |
| Aug 8, 1987 | 10 years of continuous flight and operation at 14:29:00 UTC. |
| Jun 6, 1989 |  Start Neptune observation phase. |
| Feb 12, 1989 |  Begin Voyager Interstellar Mission. |
| Feb 14, 1990 | Final images of the Voyager Program acquired by Voyager 1 to create the Solar System “Family Portrait“. |
| Aug 20, 1997 | 20 years of continuous flight and operation at 14:29:00 UTC. |
| Nov 13, 1998 | Terminate scan platform and UV observations. |
| Aug 20, 2007 | 30 years of continuous flight and operation at 14:29:00 UTC. |
| Sep 6, 2007 | Terminate data tape recorder operations. |
| Feb 22, 2008 | Terminate planetary radio astronomy experiment operations. |
| Nov 7, 2011 | Switch to backup thrusters to conserve power. |
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