Shukrayaan-1 facts for kids
| Mission type | Venus orbiter |
|---|---|
| Operator | ISRO |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | ISAC |
| Launch mass | 2,500 kg |
| Payload mass | ~100 kg (220 lb) |
| Power | 500 watts for payload |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | Proposed: 2023 |
| Rocket | GSLV Mk III |
| Launch site | SDSC SHAR |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Cytherocentric |
| Pericytherion | 500 km (310 mi) |
| Apocytherion | 60,000 km (37,000 mi) |
| Venus orbiter | |
| Venus atmospheric probe | |
| Spacecraft component | balloon |
Shukrayaan-1 (शुक्रयान-१ or Venus craft) is a orbiter to Venus by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the surface and atmosphere of Venus. It is not known whether it will actually happen, this is just an idea.
In 2017 there was enough money to do research about doing this mission. If all of the costs are paid for, then this mission will launch in the early 2020s. The Government of India, in 2017–18 gave the Department of Space a 23% increase in money. Under the space sciences section, the money is for "for Mars Orbiter Mission II and Mission to Venus".
From 2016 to 2017, ISRO worked together with JAXA to study the atmosphere of Venus using signals from the Akatsuki Venus orbiter. ISRO and France (CNES) are talking about working together on this mission and jointly develop aerobraking technologies.
See also
In Spanish: Shukrayaan-1 para niños
