ESA - Readying spacecraft to surf Venus' atmosphere - European Space Agency

7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago

ESA’s EnVision mission to Venus will perform optical, spectral and radar mapping of Earth’s sister planet. But before getting down to work the van-sized spacecraft needs to ‘aerobrake’ – lowering its orbit with thousands of passages through the planet’s …

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ESA - Readying spacecraft to surf Venus' atmosphere - European Space Agency

ESA’s EnVision mission to Venus&nbsp;will perform optical, spectral and radar mapping of Earth’s sister planet. But before getting down to work the van-sized spacecraft needs to ‘aerobrake’ – lowering its orbit with thousands of passages through the planet’s …

ESA’s EnVision mission to Venus will perform optical, spectral and radar mapping of Earth’s sister planet. But before getting down to work the van-sized spacecraft needs to ‘aerobrake’ – lowering its orbit with thousands of passages through the planet’s …