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by jamska 5123 days ago
There is the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper probe belt sent in 2006. The thing is fast, it passed Jupiter in 13 months and is currently beyond the orbit of Uranus.
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New Horizons is traveling at about 15 km/s, 2 km/s slower than Voyager 1, and is still slowing down. When New Horizons reaches the same distance from the sun as Voyager 1 is now, its speed will be about 13 km/s (8 mi/s).[15] The close flyby of Saturn and Titan gave Voyager 1 a massive advantage with its extra gravity assist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1