ISRO wants to launch Venus mission in 2023; invites global proposals
TNN Bureau. Updated: 11/13/2018 11:31:57 AM
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Benguluru Nov 12: ISRO has invited proposals from the international scientific community to carry out novel experiments on its planned Venus mission, scheduled to launch in 2023, the space agency said.
The call presents an opportunity for scientists from foreign space agencies, research laboratories, and academic universities to study Venus, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement.
Venus is often described as the "twin sister" of the Earth because of the similarities in size, mass, density, bulk composition and gravity.
ISRO aims to identify important science experiments that strengthen or complement the overall science from the suite of pre-selected proposals from India on its Venus mission.
"Proposers are expected to be currently involved in planetary exploration studies, the development of science instruments for space, willing to develop space worthy experiments and have access to associated facilities for test and instrument calibration," ISRO said.
The capacity of the proposed spacecraft is likely to be about 100 kilogrammes with approximately 500 Watts of power.