Indian Venusian orbiter mission

Venusian orbiter mission of India
Mission type Venus orbiter
Operator ISRO
Mission duration Planned: 1 year
Spacecraft properties
Bus I-1K
Manufacturer ISAC
Launch mass 1500 kg
Start of mission
Launch date 2020[1][2]
Rocket PSLV-XL[2]
Launch site Satish Dhawan[2]
Contractor ISRO[2]

The Indian Venusian orbiter mission is a proposed orbiter to Venus by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the atmosphere of Venus.[3][4][5] If funded, it would be launched on or after 2020.[1]

A mission to explore Venus has been mentioned in Department of Space demands for grant 2017–18.[6] ISRO informed in 2017 that the government had given a go-ahead for the planning of the mission.[7]

Current status

Based on the success of Chandrayaan and the Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission), a team of Isro scientists is studying the feasibility of future interplanetary missions to Mars and Venus. The plans for such interplanetary spaceflights are under discussion, and the study team is exploring the various opportunities and options for missions to Mars and Venus, the closest planetary neighbours to Earth. Based on the recommendations of the study team, the plans for missions to Venus and Mars will be chalked out.

The Government of India, in its budget for 2017–18, moved ahead, and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gave the Department of Space a 23 per cent increase in its budget. Under the space sciences section, the budget mentions provisions "for Mars Orbiter Mission II and Mission to Venus".[8]

Interest from outside India

Jacques Blamont, an astrophysicist, has offered to provide the Indian Space Research Organisation with balloons carrying several instruments designed to deploy in and out of the extremely hot atmosphere of the planet after being unfettered from the orbiter.[9]

Partnership with NASA

On a visit to India in February, 2017, Michael M Watkins, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA, said they would be keen to at least put a telematics module so NASA's rovers and the Indian satellites are able to talk to each other. Watkins said a mission to Venus is very worthwhile as so little is understood about that planet and NASA would be interested to partner in India's maiden voyage to Venus. Towards that, NASA and ISRO have begun talks on trying to jointly undertake studies on using electrical propulsion for powering this mission.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "ISRO gears up for Venus mission, invites proposals from scientists".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "After Mars, Isro aims for Venus probe in 2-3 years". AeroJournalIndia.com. 9 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Ranosa, Ted (July 2015). "India Plans Mission To Venus Following Success Of Mars Orbiter". Tech Times. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Nowakowski, Tomasz (July 2015). "India eyes possible mission to Venus". Spaceflight Insider. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Isro to undertake the heaviest launch in December". DeccanChronicle.com. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "India eyes a return to Mars and a first run at Venus". ScienceMag.org. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  8. ↑ India, Press Trust of (12 February 2017). "Budget 2017: ISRO gets funds for 2nd Mars mission, maiden Venus venture". Retrieved 30 March 2017 – via Business Standard.
  9. ↑ Srinivas Laxman (17 February 2012). "India planning Venus mission". Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2012.


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