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News: ISRO and the Swedish National Space Agency signed an MoU for Sweden’s role in Shukrayaan mission during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sweden visit.
About Shukrayaan mission
- Shukrayaan mission is India’s first dedicated mission to Venus and one of ISRO’s most complex planetary exploration projects.
- Launched by: It will be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
- It will be launched on an LVM3 into a 170×36,000 km Earth Parking Orbit in March 2028.
- Aim: It aims to study Venus’ dense atmosphere, volcanic surface, weather systems and mysterious super-rotating clouds.
- It seeks to investigate whether Venus once possessed conditions suitable for liquid water before evolving into an extreme greenhouse world.
- The mission also aims to deepen the understanding of how planetary climates evolve over time.
- Payloads:
- The spacecraft will be equipped with cutting-edge instruments, such as –
- Synthetic aperture radar
- Infrared and ultraviolet cameras
- Sensors to study the planet’s ionosphere
- These tools will assist in unravelling the mysteries of Venus’s thick, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere and investigate the potential of active volcanoes on Venus’s surface.
- The spacecraft will be equipped with cutting-edge instruments, such as –
- Sweden collaboration: As part of the mission, Sweden’s Swedish Institute of Space Physics will develop a scientific instrument called the Venusian Neutrals Analyser (VNA), which will fly aboard India’s Venus orbiter.
- The instrument is designed to study the interaction between charged particles emitted by the Sun and the atmosphere of Venus, one of the most scientifically intriguing aspects of the planet.
