Venus Express
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Venus Express was a European Space Agency spacecraft that orbited Venus to study its atmosphere, climate, and surface characteristics from 2006 to 2014.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ESA Venus program | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Venus orbiter
ⓘ
interplanetary probe ⓘ spacecraft ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VEX ⓘ |
| apoapsisAltitude | approximately 66000 km above Venus ⓘ |
| arrivalAtVenusDate | 2006-04-11 ⓘ |
| attitudeControl | three-axis stabilized ⓘ |
| communicationBand |
S-band
ⓘ
X-band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Europe ⓘ |
| discoveredPhenomenon |
detailed structure of Venus polar vortices
ⓘ
double atmospheric vortex at Venus south pole ⓘ evidence for recent volcanic activity on Venus ⓘ evidence of lightning in Venus atmosphere ⓘ |
| dryMass | 700 kg ⓘ |
| endOfExtendedMission | 2014-12-16 ⓘ |
| endOfNominalMission | 2007-09-08 ⓘ |
| fundingAgency | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| inclination | about 90 degrees ⓘ |
| instrument |
ASPERA-4
ⓘ
MAG ⓘ PFS ⓘ SPICAV ⓘ VIRTIS ⓘ VMC ⓘ VeRa ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2005-11-09 ⓘ |
| launchMass | 1244 kg ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
surface form:
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6
|
| launchVehicle |
Soyuz-Fregat
ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz-FG/Fregat
|
| manufacturer |
Airbus
ⓘ
surface form:
EADS Astrium
|
| missionEnd | 2014-12-16 ⓘ |
| missionType |
atmospheric research mission
ⓘ
planetary science mission ⓘ remote sensing mission ⓘ |
| operator | European Space Agency ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | about 24 hours ⓘ |
| orbitInsertionDate | 2006-04-11 ⓘ |
| orbitType | polar orbit ⓘ |
| periapsisAltitude | approximately 250 km above Venus ⓘ |
| power | 1100 W ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
study Venus atmosphere
ⓘ
study Venus climate ⓘ study Venus plasma environment ⓘ study Venus surface characteristics by remote sensing ⓘ |
| program |
Venus Express
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
ESA Venus program
|
| propulsionType | bipropellant chemical propulsion ⓘ |
| relatedMission |
Mars Express
ⓘ
Rosetta mission ⓘ
surface form:
Rosetta
|
| scienceOperationsStart | 2006-06-04 ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
European Space Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
ESA
|
| spacecraftBus | Mars Express bus ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| studiedProcess |
atmospheric super-rotation of Venus
ⓘ
escape of atmospheric particles from Venus ⓘ |
| target | Venus ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ESA Venus program