All about Sukrayaan 1: ISRO's mission to Venus
1 year, 6 months ago

All about Sukrayaan 1: ISRO's mission to Venus

Hindustan Times  

A little over a month after achieving a historic milestone with the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan 3 on the Moon's south pole, and then launching the nation’s first solar mission Aditya-L1, the Indian Space Research Organisation has shifted its focus to Venus. ISRO chairman S Somanath announced on Tuesday that the Venus mission, often informally referred to as Shukrayaan-1, is making progress. The primary objective of the mission is to conduct a comprehensive study of Venus, often referred to as "Earth's twin." Recent missions to Venus include European Space Agency's Venus Express, which orbited the planet from 2006 until 2016, and Japan's Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter, which has been in orbit since 2016.

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After Mars and the Moon, now Venus: What is Isro’s Shukrayaan mission?
4 months ago

After Mars and the Moon, now Venus: What is Isro’s Shukrayaan mission?

Firstpost  

The Narendra Modi-led government has given the green light to ISRO’s Venus Orbiter Mission, known as Shukrayaan, scheduled for a 2028 launch. As India’s maiden mission to Venus, it will focus on exploring the planet’s surface, atmospheric composition, and geological features India is preparing for a major space milestone with its upcoming Venus Orbiter Mission, Shukrayaan, scheduled for launch in …

Isro to launch Shukrayaan to Venus: Why Earth's twin is an engineer's nightmare
4 months ago

Isro to launch Shukrayaan to Venus: Why Earth's twin is an engineer's nightmare

India Today  

The Indian Space Research Organisation is gearing up for one of its most challenging missions yet - Shukrayaan-1, a planned orbiter to Venus. This ambitious project aims to unravel the mysteries of Earth's enigmatic neighbour, but the harsh Venusian environment poses extreme challenges that make it a potential suicide mission for spacecraft. AN ENGINEER'S NIGHTMARE Venus's surface temperature soars to …

Government Approves ISRO’s Shukrayaan Venus Orbiter Mission
4 months ago

Government Approves ISRO’s Shukrayaan Venus Orbiter Mission

Deccan Chronicle  

Shukrayaan, ISRO’s first Venus orbiter mission, is designed to study the planet's atmosphere, surface, and subsurface. The mission will focus on understanding Venus’s extreme climatic conditions, including its dense carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere, runaway greenhouse effect, and volcanic activity. Venus, often called Earth’s "twin" due to its similar size, holds clues about planetary evolution and climate change. Key Instruments The spacecraft …

ISRO Chief Somnath Opts For Caution As Gaganyaan Readies For Launch Cites Boeing Starliner Sunita Williams Butch Wilmore
6 months, 1 week ago

ISRO Chief Somnath Opts For Caution As Gaganyaan Readies For Launch Cites Boeing Starliner Sunita Williams Butch Wilmore

ABP News  

The Indian Space Research Organisation Chairperson, S Somanath, stated on Friday that while the Gaganyaan mission is set for launch by the end of the year, caution is paramount. ISRO Chief Somanath On Venus Orbiter Mission Emphasising the significance of exploring Venus, Somanath noted that the Venus Orbiter Mission is among the four projects recently approved by the Union cabinet, …

ISRO's new mission: Weather satellite readies at launch port in Sriharikota
1 year, 2 months ago

ISRO's new mission: Weather satellite readies at launch port in Sriharikota

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Space Research Organisation announced on Saturday that its meteorological satellite, INSAT-3DS, has been sent to Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR in Sriharikota for its upcoming launch aboard GSLV F14. Representative Image: Follow- ISRO'S INSAT-3DS mission launch LIVE Updates INSAT-3DS, is an exclusive meteorological satellite realised by ISRO with the primary objective of providing continuity of services to the …

Chandrayaan 3 likely to be launched in mid-2023: ISRO
2 years ago

Chandrayaan 3 likely to be launched in mid-2023: ISRO

The Hindu  

Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman S. Somanath on March 22, said the launch of Chandrayaan-3, India's third lunar mission, and the first solar mission Aditya L1 will possibly happen by the middle of 2023. “Primary objective — a precise landing” Speaking on the Chandrayaan-3 mission, Mr. Somanath said it would have a similar structure as that of Chandrayaan-2, with the …

ISRO pushing Venus mission ‘Shukrayaan’ to 2031?
2 years, 2 months ago

ISRO pushing Venus mission ‘Shukrayaan’ to 2031?

The Hindu  

January 16, 2023 10:42 am | Updated January 17, 2023 07:53 am IST - Chennai In a talk on January 9, P. Sreekumar, the Satish Dhawan Professor at the Indian Space Research Organisation and advisor to its space science programme, said that the organisation is yet to receive approval from the Indian government for the Venus mission and that the …

India’s Space Odyssey: Aditya L-1 To Chandrayaan, Gaganyaan, Shukrayaan — ISRO's Future Space Missions
2 years, 7 months ago

India’s Space Odyssey: Aditya L-1 To Chandrayaan, Gaganyaan, Shukrayaan — ISRO's Future Space Missions

ABP News  

The Indian Space Research Organisation has achieved a multitude of milestones since the inception of the Indian Space Programme in the early 1960s. Other important feats accomplished by ISRO include the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment, Rohini Series, INSAT and GSAT Series, EDUSAT, HAMSAT, Bhaskara-1, Resourcesat Series, Cartosat Series, Kalpana-1, Oceansat-1, Earth Observation Satellite Series, Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, Space …

ISRO plans mission to Venus, eyes Dec 2024 launch window
2 years, 10 months ago

ISRO plans mission to Venus, eyes Dec 2024 launch window

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: After sending missions to the Moon and Mars, ISRO is now readying a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the hottest planet in the solar system and also unravel the mysteries under the sulfuric acid clouds enveloping it. Addressing a day-long meeting on Venusian science, ISRO Chairman S Somnath said the Venus …

India can put a spacecraft on Venus in very short time, plan ready: S Somnath
2 years, 10 months ago

India can put a spacecraft on Venus in very short time, plan ready: S Somnath

India Today  

After successfully sending missions to the Moon and Mars that have established India as a space fairing nation, the Indian Space and Research Organisation is ready to send an orbiter to Earth's mysterious twin — Venus. Isro chairman S Somnath, during a one-day meeting to discuss space-based studies, said that the capability of building and launching a mission to the …

Solar Orbiter-BepiColombo spacecraft capture stunning picture of Venus during flyby
3 years, 7 months ago

Solar Orbiter-BepiColombo spacecraft capture stunning picture of Venus during flyby

India TV News  

Solar Orbiter-BepiColombo spacecraft capture stunning picture of Venus during flyby The images show Venus approaching from the left while the Sun is off-camera to the upper right. The US space agency, NASA has said that the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager telescope captured a gleaming view of Venus, during its recent flyby. The high-gain antenna of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter and …

ESA, NASA spacecrafts to make two Venus flybys
3 years, 7 months ago

ESA, NASA spacecrafts to make two Venus flybys

India TV News  

Two spacecraft, part of the European Space Agency and the US space Agency NASA, are set to make space history with two Venus flybys just 33 hours apart on Monday and Tuesday. Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will fly by Venus on August 9 with a closest approach of 7995 km at 04:42 UTC, while BepiColombo, a …

Hot dates: 2 spacecraft to make Venus flyby
3 years, 7 months ago

Hot dates: 2 spacecraft to make Venus flyby

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two spacecraft are set to …

Destination Venus: A third new robotic explorer on the horizon
3 years, 9 months ago

Destination Venus: A third new robotic explorer on the horizon

Live Mint  

Venus is hotter than ever, with a third new robotic explorer on the horizon. A week after US space agency Nasa announced two new missions to our closest neighbor, the European Space Agency said earlier this week that it will launch a Venus-orbiting spacecraft in the early 2030s. According to the European Space Agency, EnVision's scientific instruments will tackle some …

Nasa has announced two missions to Venus by 2030 – here’s why that’s exciting
3 years, 9 months ago

Nasa has announced two missions to Venus by 2030 – here’s why that’s exciting

India TV News  

For decades, the exploration of our solar system left one of our neighboring planets, Venus, largely unexplored. In the latest announcement from Nasa’s solar system exploration program, two missions have been given the go-ahead – and they’re both bound for Venus. There are some notable exceptions, such as Nasa’s Pioneer Venus mission in 1972 and the European Space Agency’s Venus …

NASA plans two new missions to Venus, the first in decades
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA plans two new missions to Venus, the first in decades

Al Jazeera  

Consisting of a fly-by spacecraft and an atmospheric descent probe, the DAVINCI+ mission is expected to return the first high-resolution images of unique geological characteristics on Venus known as ‘tesserae’. NASA on Wednesday announced plans to launch two new scientific missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 — its first in decades — to study the atmosphere and geologic features …

Isro to attempt solar mission by end of 2021
4 years ago

Isro to attempt solar mission by end of 2021

Hindustan Times  

India is likely to attempt its first solar mission at the end of the year after the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the launch of the Aditya L-1 mission, earlier slated for the first half of 2020, according to people in the national space agency. The mission will carry six scientific payloads that will study the visible surface of the sun called …

Shukrayaan: India’s proposed Venus mission attracts international payload proposals
4 years, 4 months ago

Shukrayaan: India’s proposed Venus mission attracts international payload proposals

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Space Research Organisation has short-listed 20 space-based experiment proposals, including from France, for its proposed Venus orbiter mission ‘Shukrayaan’ to study the planet for more than four years. ISRO has short-listed 20 space-based experiment proposals from Russia, France, Sweden and Germany for its proposed Venus orbiter mission ‘Shukrayaan’ to study the planet for more than four years, sources …

Life on Venus? Isro's Shukrayaan-1 mission in race to the fiery planet
4 years, 6 months ago

Life on Venus? Isro's Shukrayaan-1 mission in race to the fiery planet

India Today  

Astronomers on Monday said they have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus. The Indian Space Research Organisation has already proposed a mission to Venus dubbed ‘Shukrayaan-1’, which will orbit the planet and focus on the chemistry of its atmosphere. The report added that NASA had also considered a number of Venus proposals in …

Isro asks scientists to submit proposals for experiments to study Venus
7 years, 11 months ago

Isro asks scientists to submit proposals for experiments to study Venus

Firstpost  

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. …

Japanese Space Probe Overshoots Venus, Heading Towards Sun
14 years, 3 months ago

Japanese Space Probe Overshoots Venus, Heading Towards Sun

India TV News  

Tokyo, Dec 8 : A Japanese probe sent to Venus on an ambitious two-year mission to monitor the cloud-covered planet failed to reach orbit Wednesday and is believed to have been captured by the sun's gravitational pull, Japan's space agency said. But mission officials said they briefly lost contact after that and determined Wednesday that Akatsuki's engines did not fire …

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