The European Space Agency (ESA) on June 12, 2021 announced that it has selected EnVision as its next orbiter that will visit Venus sometime in the 2030s.
- Recently NASA has also selected two missions DAVINCI+ and VERITAS to the planet Venus, Earth’s nearest neighbour.
- EnVision is an ESA led mission with contributions from NASA. It is likely to be launched sometime in the 2030s.
- Once launched on an Ariane 6 rocket, the spacecraft will take about 15 months to reach Venus and will take 16 more months to achieve orbit circularisation.
- The spacecraft will carry a range of instruments to study the planet’s atmosphere and surface, monitor trace gases in the atmosphere and analyse its surface composition.
(Source: Indian Express)
