Launches/NZSA Venus Mission
NZSA Venus Mission
UpcomingRocket Lab · Wallops Flight Facility, United States · 2027-12-31 · 00:00:00 UTC
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Mission Details
PayloadNZSA Venus Mission
Mission typePlanetary Science
Launch siteWallops Flight Facility · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D)
OrbitHelio-N/A
Operator agencyRocket Lab
CountryUnited States
Date2027-12-31
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NZSA Venus Mission is a small direct Venus entry probe with a single 1 kg low-mass, low-cost autofluorescing nephelometer riding on a satellite bus based on the Photon Upper stage of the Electron rocket. The probe mission will spend approximately 5 minutes in the Venus cloud layers, 48-60 km above the surface, collecting in situ measurements to search for organic molecules in cloud particles and constrain particle composition.
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