Voyager 1 and 2 speeds appear to be decreasing Posted on 2022/03/10 by Carl Robitaille 1/ OK, time for an annual explanation of why the distances to both V1 and V2 appear to be _decreasing_. Remember that these are distances from _Earth_, which is orbiting around the Sun. In fact, Earth's orbital speed is faster than the Voyagers' …which means that…— NSFVoyager2 (@NSFVoyager2) February 26, 2022