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ESA · NASA · Launch: 2031 (target)
Venus orbiter studying the planet from its inner core to its upper atmosphere.
Objective: Find out why Venus became so different from Earth.
Launch
2031
Target date · may change
Mission details
- Rocket & spacecraft
- Ariane 6
- Destination
- Venus orbit
- Duration
- ~4 years
- Radar maps the surface through thick clouds.
- Looks for active volcanoes and signs of past oceans.
- Joins NASA's VERITAS and DAVINCI in a decade of Venus exploration.
Milestones
0 of 1 reachedLaunch
2031Provisional
Future dates are agency targets, not confirmed schedules.
Curated dataset
Official source: ESA EnVision →