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Venus Express
ESA spacecraft which orbited Venus. Venus Express was launched on November 9, 2005 aboard a Soyuz-FG from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Nov 9, 2005).
COSPAR 2005-045ANORAD 28901European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Venus Express
- International designator
- 2005-045A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28901
- GCAT identifier
- S28901
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/490
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ESA Plan
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- EADS Bremen
- Platform (bus)
- Rosetta
Launch
- Date
- November 9, 2005 · 03:33 UTC
- Launch record
- 2005-045Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-FG
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Perigee
- 334 km
- Inclination
- 51.67°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- November 9, 2005
- Last known active
- Nov 28, 2014
- End of operations
- Nov 28, 2014
Size
- Mass
- 1,240 kg
- Dry mass
- 670 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 8.0 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00842
- Final central body
- Venus
- Phase start
- April 8, 2006
- Phase outcome
- Entered orbit around the target · April 11, 2006
- Destination
- Venus
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2005 | Earth | Nov 14, 2005 | Escaped to another body | HCO |
| Apr 11, 2006 | Venus | 2015 | Reentered (orbital decay) | — |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | Orbiter | Impact after orbital decay | 2015 | — | — |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q210889 (CC0).