It is official - the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), after successfully conducting Mars exploration mission, is now gearing up for another interplanetary mission involving the second planet of the solar system- Venus.
As officially announced by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the mission to explore Venus will soon be approved by the Advisory Committee on Space Sciences of the agency, followed by the Space Commission and finally by the Indian government. On this context, the Bengaluru-headquartered pioneering Indian organisation has called for scientists to recommend experiments and studies for a probable orbiter mission to Solar system’s second planet - Venus which is somewhat resembling the orbiter that landed on the Martian Surface in 2013.
Named as “Indian Venusian orbiter mission”, the operation of ISRO will be aimed at studying Venus and its atmosphere. If granted and funded by the Indian Government, then the mission ill have effect between 2017 and 2020.
ISRO’s previous and second interplanetary mission, the record-setting Rs. 450-crore-worth Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) which was launched in 2013, has been operational and continues to impress with its remarkable explorations. Now, the Bengaluru-based ISRO is planning to send an Orbiter that, at the outset will go around an elliptical orbit of Venus, followed by its close approach to the ‘Yellow Planet’. As announced by ISRO’s officials, the new Venus orbiter will carry experimental instruments and other supplies, weighing 175 kg via 500W of power. The space-based studies are expected to suggest by the scientific community by May 19.
To those unaware, Venus is the second planet of our solar system and the closest neighbour of Earth, which comes closest to Earth approximately in every 583 days, or in nearly 19 months, whereas it takes only 225 days to orbit around the Sun. Venus is similar to Earth in a number of aspects. Due to its extreme nearness to the Sun, the surface of Venus is extremely scorching, and hence no space probe or satellite has yet managed to exploring the planet completely. If everything goes accordingly and ISRO’s plan to explore Venus completely goes well with the map, then the Indian agency will add a new feather to its cap.
According to the statement, given by ISRO, “The Agency eyes on 2020 to accomplish its Venus exploration mission. If everything goes accordingly, then by 2020, the process objective will be met.”
As officially announced by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the mission to explore Venus will soon be approved by the Advisory Committee on Space Sciences of the agency, followed by the Space Commission and finally by the Indian government. On this context, the Bengaluru-headquartered pioneering Indian organisation has called for scientists to recommend experiments and studies for a probable orbiter mission to Solar system’s second planet - Venus which is somewhat resembling the orbiter that landed on the Martian Surface in 2013.
Named as “Indian Venusian orbiter mission”, the operation of ISRO will be aimed at studying Venus and its atmosphere. If granted and funded by the Indian Government, then the mission ill have effect between 2017 and 2020.
ISRO’s previous and second interplanetary mission, the record-setting Rs. 450-crore-worth Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) which was launched in 2013, has been operational and continues to impress with its remarkable explorations. Now, the Bengaluru-based ISRO is planning to send an Orbiter that, at the outset will go around an elliptical orbit of Venus, followed by its close approach to the ‘Yellow Planet’. As announced by ISRO’s officials, the new Venus orbiter will carry experimental instruments and other supplies, weighing 175 kg via 500W of power. The space-based studies are expected to suggest by the scientific community by May 19.
To those unaware, Venus is the second planet of our solar system and the closest neighbour of Earth, which comes closest to Earth approximately in every 583 days, or in nearly 19 months, whereas it takes only 225 days to orbit around the Sun. Venus is similar to Earth in a number of aspects. Due to its extreme nearness to the Sun, the surface of Venus is extremely scorching, and hence no space probe or satellite has yet managed to exploring the planet completely. If everything goes accordingly and ISRO’s plan to explore Venus completely goes well with the map, then the Indian agency will add a new feather to its cap.
According to the statement, given by ISRO, “The Agency eyes on 2020 to accomplish its Venus exploration mission. If everything goes accordingly, then by 2020, the process objective will be met.”