Astronomy:Indian Venusian orbiter mission

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Venusian orbiter mission of India
Mission typeVenus orbiter[1]
OperatorISRO
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerISAC
Payload mass175 kg[1]
Power500 Watts for payload[1]
Start of mission
Launch date2023 [2][3][4]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemCytherocentric
Pericytherion altitude500 kilometers (310 mi)
Apocytherion altitude60,000 kilometers (37,000 mi)
Venus orbiter
 

The Indian Venusian orbiter mission is a proposed orbiter to Venus by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the atmosphere of Venus.[5][6][7] If funded, it would be launched some time after the Mars Orbiter Mission 2 in the early 2020s.[2][4][8] The orbiter, depending on its final configuration, will have payload capability of approximately 175 kg with 500W available power.[1] Initial elliptical orbit around Venus is expected to have 500 km periapsis and 60,000 km apoapsis.[1][9]

The mission concept was first presented at a Tirupati space meet in 2012.[10] The mission was approved to complete preliminary studies following the 2017–18 request for grants to the Department of Space.[11][12]

Current status

Based on the success of Chandrayaan and the Mars Orbiter Mission, ISRO has been studying the feasibility of future interplanetary missions to Mars and Venus, the closest planetary neighbours to Earth. The Government of India, in its budget for 2017–18 gave the Department of Space a 23% increase. Under the space sciences section, the budget mentions provisions "for Mars Orbiter Mission II and Mission to Venus".[13]

On 19 April 2017, ISRO made an 'Announcement of Opportunity' seeking payload proposals from Indian academia based on broad mission specifications.[1] Currently, the Venus mission is in the study phase and ISRO has not sought the Indian government's full approval.[14]

Potential collaboration with France

The space agencies of India (ISRO) and France (CNES) are holding discussions to collaborate on this mission and jointly develop autonomous navigation and aero braking technologies.[15]

In addition, French astrophysicist Jacques Blamont with his experience from Vega program expressed his interest to U R Rao to use inflated balloons to study the Venusian atmosphere. Just like during the Vega missions, these instrumented balloons could be deployed from an orbiter and take prolonged observations while floating in the relatively mild upper atmosphere of the planet.[16][17] So far there has been no formal indication of acceptance of Blamont's proposal.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Space Based Experiments to Study Venus". 19 April 2017. http://www.isro.gov.in/announcement-of-opportunity-ao-space-based-experiments-to-study-venus. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ISRO gears up for Venus mission, invites proposals from scientists". http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/isro-invites-scientists-from-across-country-for-venus-mission-4627259/. 
  3. ↑ "After Mars, Isro aims for Venus probe in 2-3 years". 9 June 2015. http://www.aerojournalindia.com/enews/?p=1641. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Annadurai, Mylswami. "ISRO Space Physics: future missions". http://www.rri.res.in/CMB_Workshop/talks/58_Annadurai.pdf. 
  5. ↑ Ranosa, Ted (July 2015). "India Plans Mission To Venus Following Success Of Mars Orbiter". Tech Times. http://www.techtimes.com/articles/71256/20150723/india-plans-mission-to-venus-following-success-of-mars-orbiter.htm. 
  6. ↑ Nowakowski, Tomasz (July 2015). "India eyes possible mission to Venus". Spaceflight Insider. http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/isro/india-eyes-possible-mission-to-venus/. 
  7. ↑ "Isro to undertake the heaviest launch in December". DeccanChronicle.com. 23 July 2016. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/science/science/230716/isro-to-undertake-the-heaviest-launch-in-december.html. 
  8. ↑ India eyes a return to Mars and a first run at Venus. Pallava Bagla, Science Magazine. 17 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Laxman, Srinivas (24 April 2017). "Venus mission: Isro invites proposals for space experiments". The Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/venus-mission-isro-invites-proposals-for-space-experiments/articleshow/58336243.cms. Retrieved 2017-10-09. "An Isro official told TOI that though it is an approved mission, the date of the launch is yet to be firmed up." 
  10. ↑ India planning Venus mission. Srinivas Laxman, The Times of India. 17 February 2012.
  11. ↑ [1]
  12. ↑ "India eyes a return to Mars and a first run at Venus". ScienceMag.org. 17 February 2017. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/india-eyes-return-mars-and-first-run-venus. 
  13. ↑ India, Press Trust of (12 February 2017). "Budget 2017: ISRO gets funds for 2nd Mars mission, maiden Venus venture". http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/with-an-eye-on-venus-and-mars-isro-attempts-mega-world-record-117021200083_1.html. 
  14. ↑ Indian Space Research Organisation Starts Work on India’s First Venus Mission. Sputnik International. 2 April 2017.
  15. ↑ ISRO to work with its French counterpart for inter-planetary missions to Mars, Venus. India Times 16 April 2018.
  16. ↑ Srinivas Laxman (17 February 2012). "India planning Venus mission". Times of India. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-17/hyderabad/31070866_1_venus-mission-chandrayaan-1-isro. 
  17. ↑ "After Mars, ISRO plans Venus odyssey" (in en). deccanchronicle.com/. 2015-05-20. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150520/technology-latest/article/after-mars-isro-plans-venus-odyssey. 




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