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Venus Express
CompletedESA
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- Launched
- 9 Nov 200503:33:34 UTC
- Last contact
- 18 Jan 2015
- End declared
- 16 Dec 2014
- Duration
- 9 years 2 months
ESA's first mission to Venus, which studied the planet's atmosphere and clouds from orbit for eight years, far beyond its planned 500 days.
Milestones
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Launch9 Nov 2005Enters orbit around Venus11 Apr 2006Mission ends16 Dec 2014
Spacecraft
Orbiter built on the Mars Express design, reusing spare instruments from Mars Express and Rosetta.
- Launch mass
- 1,240 kg
- Dry mass
- 670 kg
- Size
- 1.5 m × 1.8 m, span 8 m
- Power
- Solar
- Last contact
- 18 Jan 2015
- End declared
- 16 Dec 2014
- Designator
- 2005-045A
Mission details from esa.int.
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