DEARMOON PROJECT
Target: Moon
State: Planned
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Mission
Kind: Venus orbiter
State: Successful
Place: Venus
Operator: European Space Agency
Date
Start:
Duration: Planned: 2 years Final: 9 years, 2 months, 9 days
Mission Ending
Disposal: Deorbited
Last Contact: 18 January 2015, 15:01:55 (2015-01-18UTC15:01:56) UTC
Rocket
Rocket: Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Kind: European Space Agency
Manufacturer: EADS Astrium
Mass: 1,270 kg (2,800 lb)
Launch Site: Baikonur 31/6
Flyby
"Requesting permission for flyby." Maverick - Top Gun
Orbit
Reference System: Cytherocentric
1º Orbit: Venus
Lander
"The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing." - Paul Theroux
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. Equipped with seven scientific instruments, the main objective of the mission was the long term observation of the Venusian atmosphere. The observation over such long periods of time had never been done in previous missions to Venus, and was key to a better understanding of the atmospheric dynamics. It was hoped that[needs update] such studies can contribute to an understanding of atmospheric dynamics in general, while also contributing to an understanding of climate change on Earth. ESA concluded the mission in December 2014.
