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If you only want to get a gravity boost from Jupiter and Saturn (like V1) I wonder if you wouldn't have to wait as long, say, every 20 years instead of every 17
by cbhl 2y ago
If you only want to get a gravity boost from Jupiter and Saturn (like V1) I wonder if you wouldn't have to wait as long, say, every 20 years instead of every 176?
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline/#event-a-once-in-a-lifetime-alignment https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline/#event-a-once-...
But you'd still have to fly for ~40 years to get to where they are now, and they'll keep on flying during those 40 years.
- skykooler 2y agoYou don't even need to fly by Saturn - New Horizons only used a Jupiter gravity assist, and those are available about once a year.