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Readying EnVision spacecraft to surf Venus’ atmosphere at Low Earth Orbit Facility (LOEX), a unique ESA facility in ESTEC

Posted on 29 July 2022 by widemann

ESA’s EnVision mission to Venus will perform optical, spectral and radar mapping of Earth’s sister planet. But before getting down to work the van-sized spacecraft needs to ‘aerobrake’ – lowering its orbit with thousands of passages through the planet’s hot, thick atmosphere for … Continue reading →

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