Isro asks scientists to submit proposals for experiments to study Venus

With a mission to Venus on its horizon, Indian Space Research Organisation has made an announcement of opportunity for space based experiments to study the planet. Those sending proposals may be currently involved in planetary exploration studies, or development of science instruments for space, or willing to develop the experiments, the space agency said in an announcement on its website. Isro chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar had earlier said that mission to Venus is on the horizon and studies are underway. The proposed orbit is expected to be around 500 x 60,000 km around Venus, and the orbit is likely to be reduced gradually, over several months to a lower apoapsis, it said.