Venera-D
Sign in to saveVenera-17 or Venera-D (, ) is a proposed Russian space mission to Venus that would include an orbiter and a lander to be launched in 2036. The orbiter's prime objective is to perform observations with the use of a radar. The lander, based on the Venera design, would be capable of operating for a long duration (≈3 h) on the planet's surface. The "D" in Venera-D stands for "долгоживущая" ("dolgozhivuschaya"), which means "long lasting" in Russian.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Venera-17(Venera-D)
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Venera 17Venera-D
- Spaceflight.image
- Venera-D.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Artist's concept of the Venera-D spacecraft approaching a cloud-veiled Venus
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Venus orbiter/lander
- Spaceflight.operator
- Roscosmos
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- Orbiter:≥3 yearsLander:>3 hoursLLISSE surface probe:≈90 Earth days
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Spaceflight.dry_mass
- Orbiter:Lander:
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- Orbiter:Lander:
- Spaceflight.power
- Orbiter:1,700 W
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- Proposed:2036
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Angara A5
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Vostochniy Site 1A
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Cytherocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Polar
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 90°
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- Potential NASA collaboration
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Venera-17 or Venera-D (, ) is a proposed Russian space mission to Venus that would include an orbiter and a lander to be launched in 2036. The orbiter's prime objective is to perform observations with the use of a radar. The lander, based on the Venera design, would be capable of operating for a long duration (≈3 h) on the planet's surface. The "D" in Venera-D stands for "долгоживущая" ("dolgozhivuschaya"), which means "long lasting" in Russian.
Venera-D will be the first Venus probe launched by the Russian Federation (the earlier Venera probes were launched by the former Soviet Union). Venera-D will serve as the flagship for a new generation of Russian-built Venus probes, culminating with a lander capable of withstanding the harsh Venusian environment for more than the 1 hours logged by the Soviet probes. The surface of Venus experiences average temperatures of , crushing pressures, and corroding clouds of carbon dioxide laced with sulfuric acid. Venera-D will be launched on an Angara A5 rocket.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Venera-D” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.