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Topic: Venus Express
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spaceuk
Member Posts: 2112
From: Staffs,UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted October 14, 2005 01:01 PM
  
Venus Express spacecraft has been mounted onto the Fregat launcher. Both vehicles were loaded with propellant that time !!Phill
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spaceuk
Member Posts: 2112
From: Staffs,UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted October 22, 2005 06:14 AM
There is a delay in the launch due technical problem. May be a few days befiore launch rescheduled.Phill
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kosmonavtka
Member Posts: 154
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted November 04, 2005 08:12 PM
Venus Express home page:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=64 IP: Logged |
Ben
Member Posts: 1706
From: Daytona Beach, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted November 04, 2005 08:28 PM
And the launch is set for Nov. 9 now.IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12300
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted November 08, 2005 10:27 PM
From SPACE.com quote:
ESA's Venus Express spacecraft launched spaceward at 10:33 p.m. EST (0333 GMT) from Launch Pad 6 at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.The European probe Venus Express fired its Fregat upper stage engine briefly in a successful burn to guide it into a parking orbit, European Space Agency (ESA) officials said. Venus Express is ESA's first probe dedicated solely to the exploration of Venus, with several of its instruments derived from tools that have flown on past missions to Mars and a comet. The spacecraft is the fastest built to date for ESA.
ESA has posted a launch replay here.IP: Logged |
