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Venus Express entered its target orbit at apoapsis on 7 May 2006 at 13:31 UTC, when the spacecraft was 151,000,000 kilometres (94,000,000 mi) from Earth. At this point the spacecraft was running on an ellipse substantially closer to the planet than during the initial orbit.
How long did Venus Express operate? The primary mission consisted of two full planetary revolutions (Venusian ‘sidereal’ days) – equal to 486 Earth days – after Venus Orbit Injection. However, Venus Express was operational for more than 8 years! What happened with Venus Express once the mission was completed?
Nov 9, 2005 · - The spacecraft’s 5.7 square metre solar arrays generate 1100 Watts of power at Venus. - The mission will conclude during 2014 when the spacecraft runs out of fuel and enters into the Venusian atmosphere.
Nov 9, 2005 · The main engine fired at 07:10:29 UT (spacecraft time) to insert Venus Express into orbit around the planet, thus becoming the first European spacecraft to orbit Venus. It achieved its operational orbit of about 155 × 41,000 miles (250 × 66,000 kilometers) by May 7, 2007.
- United States of America (USA)
- VEX
- Venus Orbit
- 2,800 pounds (1,270 kilograms)
Nov 9, 2005 · Communications with Venus Express, once it arrived in orbit around Venus, were provided by the 35m antenna dish located at the ESA ground station at Cebreros near Madrid, Spain. The 35m antenna in New Norcia was used to support the Venus Radio Science Experiment (VeRa).
Soyuz-Fregat rocket. Launch mass: 1270 kg. Mission phase: Post-operations phase. Orbit: The operational orbit of Venus Express was a 24-hour elliptical, 250 × 66 000 km, quasi-polar orbit. As a result of the aerobraking campaign in May-July 2014 the orbit was altered to 22 hours 20 minutes.
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Nov 9, 2005 · The Venus Express spacecraft is based on the Mars Express satellite bus and has a launch mass of 1240 kg, which includes 93 kg of payload and 570 kg of fuel. The main bus is a rectangular box with dimensions of 1.65 x 1.7 x 1.4 meters.
