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India's First Mission to Venus

October 3 , 2024 81 days 415 0
  • The Union Cabinet recently approved India’s first mission to Venus that ISRO aims to launch in March 2028.
  • This will be the country’s second interplanetary mission after the Mars Orbiter Mission launched in 2013.
  • It aims to examine the surface and sub-surface of Venus, its atmosphere, its ionosphere, and its interaction with the Sun.
  • Venus is often called Earth’s twin because it is similar in mass, density, and size.
  • Therefore, studying Venus may offer scientists clues about the evolution of Earth.
  • Notably, Venus is thought to have had water at some point in its history but has now become a dry and dusty planet.
  • It has an extremely high surface temperature of around 462 degrees Celsius, even hotter than Mercury.
  • The atmospheric pressure on Venus is much higher than on Earth.
  • 96.5% of the atmosphere of Venus is made up of carbon dioxide and there are sulphuric acid clouds on the planet.
  • Venus rotates very slowly on its axis as compared to Earth and one rotation of Venus lasts around 243 Earth days.

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