flown missionSuccess
Soyuz-FG | Venus Express
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)31/6 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Venus Express
- Type
- Planetary Science
- Target orbit
- Venus Orbit (Venus)
Venus Express (VEX) was the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). Launched in November 2005, it arrived at Venus in April 2006 and began continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus. Equipped with seven scientific instruments, the main objective of the mission was the long term observation of the Venusian atmosphere.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Soyuz-FG Fregat
- Variant
- Fregat
- Provider
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 31/6
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 45.9960, 63.5640