This article is about the Indian Venus probe. For other Venus orbiters, see list of missions to Venus.
Venus Orbiter Mission
Mission type
Venus orbiter[1]
Operator
ISRO
Mission duration
Planned: 4 years[2]
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer
ISAC
Launch mass
2,500 kg (5,500 lb)[3]
Payload mass
~100 kg (220 lb)[1]
Power
500 watts (0.67 hp) for payload[1]
Start of mission
Launch date
NET 2028 (planned) [4]
Rocket
LVM3[2][3]
Launch site
SDSC SHAR
Contractor
ISRO
Venus orbiter
Venus atmospheric probe
Spacecraft component
Aerobot balloon[3][5]
The Venus Orbiter Mission, unofficially known as Shukrayaan (from Sanskrit: Shukra, "Venus" and yāna, "craft, vehicle"),[6] is a planned Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) mission to study the surface and atmosphere of Venus.[7][8][9][10]
Funds were released in 2017 to complete preliminary studies, and solicitations for instruments were announced.[11][12] The orbiter was expected to have a science payload capability of approximately 100 kilograms (220 lb) with 500 W available power.[1] The initial elliptical orbit around Venus is expected to be 500 km (310 mi) at periapsis & 60,000 km (37,000 mi) at apoapsis.[1][13]
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^"5 Missions in 5 yrs to study Solar System, Black holes". Deccan Herald. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^"Indian Mars and Venus missions: Science and exploration" (PDF). cospar-assembly.org. 22 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^Ranosa, Ted (July 2015). "India Plans Mission To Venus Following Success Of Mars Orbiter". Tech Times. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
^Nowakowski, Tomasz (July 2015). "India eyes possible mission to Venus". Spaceflight Insider. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
^"Isro to undertake the heaviest launch in December". DeccanChronicle.com. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^Spaceflight, Meghan Bartels 2019-11-08T14:00:15Z (8 November 2019). "India Has a New Planetary Target in Mind: Venus". Space.com. Retrieved 9 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Annadurai, Mylswami. "ISRO Space Physics: future missions" (PDF). Raman Research Institute.
^India eyes a return to Mars and a first run at Venus. Pallava Bagla, Science Magazine. 17 February 2017.
^Laxman, Srinivas (24 April 2017). "Venus mission: Isro invites proposals for space experiments". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 October 2017. An Isro official told TOI that though it is an approved mission, the date of the launch is yet to be firmed up.
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