| Instrument name | Abbr. | Description |
| Imaging Science System(disabled) | (ISS) | Used a two-camera system (narrow-angle/wide-angle) to provide images of Jupiter, Saturn and other objects along the trajectory. Filters Narrow-angle camera Name Wavelength Spectrum Sensitivity 0 – Clear 280–640 nm 4 – Clear 280–640 nm 7 – UV 280–370 nm 1 – Violet 350–450 nm 2 – Blue 430–530 nm 5 – Green 530–640 nm 6 – Green 530–640 nm 3 – Orange 590–640 nm Wide-angle camera Name Wavelength Spectrum Sensitivity 2 – Clear 280–640 nm 3 – Violet 350–450 nm 1 – Blue 430–530 nm 6 – CH4-U 536–546 nm 5 – Green 530–640 nm 4 – Na-D 588–590 nm 7 – Orange 590–640 nm 0 – CH4-JST 614–624 nm Principal investigator: Bradford Smith / University of Arizona (PDS/PRN website)Data: PDS/PDI data catalog, PDS/PRN data catalog | Filters | | Narrow-angle camera Name Wavelength Spectrum Sensitivity 0 – Clear 280–640 nm 4 – Clear 280–640 nm 7 – UV 280–370 nm 1 – Violet 350–450 nm 2 – Blue 430–530 nm 5 – Green 530–640 nm 6 – Green 530–640 nm 3 – Orange 590–640 nm | Wide-angle camera Name Wavelength Spectrum Sensitivity 2 – Clear 280–640 nm 3 – Violet 350–450 nm 1 – Blue 430–530 nm 6 – CH4-U 536–546 nm 5 – Green 530–640 nm 4 – Na-D 588–590 nm 7 – Orange 590–640 nm 0 – CH4-JST 614–624 nm | | Narrow-angle camera | | Name | Wavelength | Spectrum | Sensitivity | | 0 – Clear | 280–640 nm | | | | 4 – Clear | 280–640 nm | | | | 7 – UV | 280–370 nm | | | | 1 – Violet | 350–450 nm | | | | 2 – Blue | 430–530 nm | | | | 5 – Green | 530–640 nm | | | | 6 – Green | 530–640 nm | | | | 3 – Orange | 590–640 nm | | | | Wide-angle camera | | Name | Wavelength | Spectrum | Sensitivity | | 2 – Clear | 280–640 nm | | | | 3 – Violet | 350–450 nm | | | | 1 – Blue | 430–530 nm | | | | 6 – CH4-U | 536–546 nm | | | | 5 – Green | 530–640 nm | | | | 4 – Na-D | 588–590 nm | | | | 7 – Orange | 590–640 nm | | | | 0 – CH4-JST | 614–624 nm | | | |
| Radio Science System(disabled) | (RSS) | Used the telecommunications system of the Voyager spacecraft to determine the physical properties of planets and satellites (ionospheres, atmospheres, masses, gravity fields, densities) and the amount and size distribution of material in Saturn's rings and the ring dimensions. Principal investigator: G. Tyler / Stanford University PDS/PRN overviewData: PDS/PPI data catalog, PDS/PRN data catalog (VG_2803), NSSDC data archive |
| Infrared interferometer spectrometer and radiometer(disabled) | (IRIS) | Investigates both global and local energy balance and atmospheric composition. Vertical temperature profiles are also obtained from the planets and satellites as well as the composition, thermal properties, and size of particles in Saturn's rings. Principal investigator: Rudolf Hanel / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (PDS/PRN website)Data: PDS/PRN data catalog, PDS/PRN expanded data catalog (VGIRIS_0001, VGIRIS_002), NSSDC Jupiter data archive |
| Ultraviolet Spectrometer(disabled) | (UVS) | Designed to measure atmospheric properties, and to measure radiation. Principal investigator: A. Broadfoot / University of Southern California (PDS/PRN website)Data: PDS/PRN data catalog |
| Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer(active) | (MAG) | Designed to investigate the magnetic fields of Jupiter and Saturn, the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetospheres of these planets, and the magnetic field of interplanetary space out to the boundary between the solar wind and the magnetic field of interstellar space. Principal investigator: Norman F. Ness / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (website)Data: PDS/PPI data catalog, NSSDC data archive |
| Plasma Spectrometer(defective) | (PLS) | Investigates the microscopic properties of the plasma ions and measures electrons in the energy range from 5 eV to 1 keV. Principal investigator: John Richardson / MIT (website)Data: PDS/PPI data catalog, NSSDC data archive |
| Low Energy Charged Particle Instrument(active) | (LECP) | Measures the differential in energy fluxes and angular distributions of ions, electrons and the differential in energy ion composition. Principal investigator: Stamatios Krimigis / JHU / APL / University of Maryland (JHU/APL website / UMD website / KU website)Data: UMD data plotting, PDS/PPI data catalog, NSSDC data archive |
| Cosmic Ray System(disabled) | (CRS) | Determines the origin and acceleration process, life history, and dynamic contribution of interstellar cosmic rays, the nucleosynthesis of elements in cosmic-ray sources, the behavior of cosmic rays in the interplanetary medium, and the trapped planetary energetic-particle environment. Principal investigator: Edward Stone / Caltech / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (website)Data: PDS/PPI data catalog, NSSDC data archive |
| Planetary Radio Astronomy Investigation(disabled) | (PRA) | Uses a sweep-frequency radio receiver to study the radio-emission signals from Jupiter and Saturn. Principal investigator: James Warwick / University of ColoradoData: PDS/PPI data catalog, NSSDC data archive |
| Photopolarimeter System(defective) | (PPS) | Used a telescope with a polarizer to gather information on surface texture and composition of Jupiter and Saturn and information on atmospheric scattering properties and density for both planets. Principal investigator: Arthur Lane / JPL (PDS/PRN website)Data: PDS/PRN data catalog |
| Plasma Wave Subsystem(active) | (PWS) | Provides continuous, sheath-independent measurements of the electron-density profiles at Jupiter and Saturn as well as basic information on local wave–particle interaction, useful in studying the magnetospheres. Principal investigator: William Kurth / University of Iowa (website)Data: PDS/PPI data catalog |
