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India's Venus Mission Gets Green Light: ISRO to Study Neighboring Planet

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Rs 1236 crore Venus mission.

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The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the launch of Venus Orbiter Mission. The Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan missions will be launched on Friday. Venus is the closest planet to Earth. The mission will study the planet Venus. This study will provide information about the planet Venus. This mission will be important for the study of Venus.

What are the features of this campaign?
A special spacecraft will be built for the Venus Orbiter Mission. The spacecraft will orbit Venus and study it. What is the position on the planet Venus? Where's the moon? How does the Sun affect Venus? Venus is said to be a planet suitable for human habitation. But later the situation changed. The study will also examine how this has changed.

1236 crore has been approved for the campaign.
ISRO will be responsible for building and launching the spacecraft for the Venus Orbiter Mission. . The spacecraft will cost Rs 824 crore.

What did the ISRO chief say?
Head of ISRO. S Somanath said that Venus is an important planet in space. What are its properties? This needs to be investigated. Somnath had given this information last year.

What will be the characteristics of Shukrayana?
It weighs around 2500 kg. It has a capacity of 100 kg. The spacecraft is expected to carry payloads from Germany, Sweden, France and Russia. The life expectancy will be four years. The rocket is likely to be launched by GSLV Mark II. After Venus went into space, the composition of Venus, the amount of volcanism is there? If so how is it? It will study the gas on the surface of Venus, its emission, the speed of the wind, the speed of the clouds.