Where Is The Tesla In Space

Spacex s starman mannequin is seen inside elon musk s red tesla roadster in space with the brilliant earth in frame in this jaw dropping view from a camera on the car.

Where is the tesla in space. Where is the roadster now. The current location is 39 220 341 miles 63 119 039 km 0 422 au 3 51 light minutes from earth moving toward earth at a speed of 19 936 mi h 32 083 km h 8 91 km s. He harnesses data from.

This real time simulation shows the current location of elon musk s tesla roadster with starman behind the wheel that was launched into space on february 6th 2018 on top of the spacex falcon heavy rocket. Nine months after launch the tesla had travelled beyond the orbit of mars reaching aphelion at 12 48 utc on november 9 2018 at a distance of 248 892 559 km 1 664 au from the sun. Two years in space will have taken its toll on the tesla.

Elon musk s cherry red tesla roadster which the ceo blasted into space back in 2018 aboard spacex s falcon heavy rocket is currently doing a flyby near the red planet according to spacex. Pearson s site shows the tesla s orbital path and current position in space compared with earth venus mercury mars and the asteroid belt dwelling dwarf planet ceres. The maximum speed of the car relative to the sun will be 121 005 km h 75 189 mph at perihelion.

By david freeman the tesla roadster that rode spacex s falcon heavy rocket into space tuesday afternoon seems poised to overshoot its mark with company ceo elon musk tweeting a diagram showing. Car s orbital elements are updated daily using nasa jpl horizons system and are used to calculate roadster s current and future positions as well as upcoming close approaches to mars and earth. According to pearson s data the car has traveled over 1 billion miles 1 6 billion km and is well into its second orbit around the sun.