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Venus express: Highlights of the nominal mission
Titov, D. V.; Svedhem, H.; Taylor, F. W. et al.
2009In Solar System Research, 43, p. 185-209
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Keywords :
96.30.Ea; 96.12.Jt; 96.12.Kz; 96.12.Ma; 96.12.Wx
Abstract :
[en] Venus Express is the first European (ESA) mission to the planet Venus. Its main science goal is to carry out a global survey of the atmosphere, the plasma environment, and the surface of Venus from orbit. The payload consists of seven experiments. It includes a powerful suite of remote sensing imagers and spectrometers, instruments for in-situ investigation of the circumplanetary plasma and magnetic field, and a radio science experiment. The spacecraft, based on the Mars Express bus modified for the conditions at Venus, provides a versatile platform for nadir and limb observations as well as solar, stellar, and radio occultations. In April 2006 Venus Express was inserted in an elliptical polar orbit around Venus, with a pericentre height of Ë 250 km and apocentre distance of Ë 66000 km and an orbital period of 24 hours. The nominal mission lasted from June 4, 2006 till October 2, 2007, which corresponds to about two Venus sidereal days. Here we present an overview of the main results of the nominal mission, based on a set of papers recently published in Nature, Icarus, Planetary and Space Science, and Geophysical Research Letters.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Titov, D. V.;  Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research ; , Space Research Institute (IKI)
Svedhem, H.;  ESA/ESTEC
Taylor, F. W.;  Oxford University
Barabash, S.;  IRF
Bertaux, J*-L;  Service d'Aeronomie, CNRS
Drossart, P.;  LESIA, Observatoire de Paris
Formisano, V.;  IFSI/INAF
Häusler, B.;  Universitute der Bundeswehr
Korablev, O.;  Space Research Institute (IKI)
Markiewicz, W. J.;  Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Nevejans, D.;  Institute for Space Aeronomy
Pätzold, M.;  Rheinean Institute for Environmental research, Universitute zu Küln
Piccioni, G.;  IASF/CNR
Sauvaud, J*-A;  Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements
Zhang, T. L.;  Space Research Institute
Witasse, O.;  ESA/ESTEC
Gérard, Jean-Claude  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Fedorov, A.;  CESR
Sanchez-Lavega, A.;  Universidad del Pais Vasco
Helbert, J.;  Institute for Planetary Research, DLR
Hoofs, R.;  ESA/ESAC, Villanueva de la Canada
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Language :
English
Title :
Venus express: Highlights of the nominal mission
Publication date :
01 June 2009
Journal title :
Solar System Research
ISSN :
0038-0946
eISSN :
1608-3423
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
Volume :
43
Pages :
185-209
Peer reviewed :
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