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ISRO mission to Venus

May 8 , 2022 806 days 781 0
  • The Indian Space Research Organisation will send a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below its surface.
  • ISRO is expecting to launch the mission by December 2024
  • It is with an orbital manoeuvre planned for a year after that.
  • The orbital manoeuvre is the use of propulsion systems to change the orbit of a spacecraft.
  • It enables a spacecraft to enter a planet’s orbit.
  • The aim of the mission is to study Venus’ atmosphere, which is toxic and corrosive in nature as clouds of sulfuric acid cover the planet.

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