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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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