Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Venus orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2005-045; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 November 2005, 03:33:34 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-FG
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A Roscosmos Soyuz-FG rocket launched the Venus Express mission on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at 3:33 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Roscosmos
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-FG
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2005-045
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Nov 9, 2005, 03:33 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Nov 09 2005
- Pad and location
- LC-31, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 28 November 2014
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Venus Express
Venus orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S28901
- Manufacturer
- EADS Bremen
- Launch mass
- 1,240 kg
- Propulsion
- S400-12
- Dimensions
- 1.5 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Venus Express.
Verification
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