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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Rocket Lab Mission to Venus
Contributor:
French, Richard;
Mandy, Christophe;
Hunter, Richard;
Mosleh, Ehson;
Sinclair, Doug;
Beck, Peter;
Seager, Sara;
Petkowski, Janusz J.;
Carr, Christopher E.;
Grinspoon, David H.;
Baumgardner, Darrel
imprint:
MDPI AG, 2022
Published in:Aerospace
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3390/aerospace9080445
ISSN:
2226-4310
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>Regular, low-cost Decadal-class science missions to planetary destinations will be enabled by high-ΔV small spacecraft, such as the high-energy Photon, and small launch vehicles, such as Electron, to support expanding opportunities for scientists and to increase the rate of science return. The Rocket Lab mission to Venus is a small direct entry probe planned for baseline launch in May 2023 with accommodation for a single ~1 kg instrument. A backup launch window is available in January 2025. The probe mission will spend about 5 min in the Venus cloud layers at 48–60 km altitude above the surface and collect in situ measurements. We have chosen a low-mass, low-cost autofluorescing nephelometer to search for organic molecules in the cloud particles and constrain the particle composition.</jats:p>