Mission concept · Venus Exploration · Selected
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ESA's Venus orbiter, working alongside the NASA Venus missions to understand why Earth's near-twin became so inhospitable — studying the planet as a whole system.
Highlights
- ›Europe's contribution to the Venus renaissance
Mission goals
- ›Study Venus from its inner core to its upper atmosphere
- ›Characterise surface activity and atmosphere–surface coupling
Technology
An orbiter with radar and spectrometers, in partnership with NASA.
Status & uncertainties
Adopted by ESA; final launch date and instrument details are still being fixed.
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupVenus Exploration
- Associated withESA
- Associated withVenus
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.