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- ESA's Venus Express was designed to study the atmosphere of Venus, its plasma environment and surface characteristics from a 24-hour near-polar elliptical orbit. The spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz-FG/Fregat combination owned by Starsem, a French company which markets a European version of the Russian Soyuz.
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Venus Express (VEX) was the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). Launched in November 2005, it arrived at Venus in April 2006 and began continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus.
Venus Express is special because it aims to study the Venusian atmosphere and clouds in unprecedented detail and accuracy. It is ESA's first spacecraft to visit this planet. It is hoped it will also achieve several other 'firsts', such as: First global monitoring of composition of lower atmosphere in near-infrared transparency ‘windows’;
Nov 9, 2005 · Venus Express was ESA's first spacecraft to voyage to our nearest planet; it was built around the design of Mars Express, making it quicker and cheaper to develop. It studied the planet's complex dynamics and chemistry, and the interactions between the atmosphere and the surface, which provided clues about the surface’s characteristics.
Nov 10, 2020 · Venus Express: mission overview. ESA's first mission to Venus began in March 2001, with a call for ideas from the scientific community on how best to reuse the spacecraft platform developed for Mars Express. On 5 November 2002, ESA gave the go-ahead to proceed with Venus Express, and only three years later the aptly named spacecraft began its ...
Nov 9, 2005 · Name: Venus Express. Mission: To perform a global investigation of the Venusian atmosphere. Launch date: 9 November 2005 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Launch vehicle: Soyuz-Fregat. Launch mass: 1270 kg (including 93 kg orbiter payload and 570 kg fuel) Journey: 155 days (plus 5 days at Venus to manoeuvre into operational orbit)
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Venus Express was the first ESA mission to Venus, operational from 2005 to 2014. It performed a global investigation of the atmosphere and the plasma environment of the planet, and addressed several important aspects of geology and surface physics.
