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The launch date of the first mission to Venus in the history of modern Russia has been announced

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They want to launch the Venus-D spacecraft on November 11, 2029. Previously, only the approximate start date was reported.

The expected launch date of Venus-D was reported by RIA Novosti. It is scheduled for November 11, 2029. The fact that the device should go to Venus at the end of the decade was known earlier, but a specific date was not announced.

Among other things, ANGARA is considered as a possible carrier. The launch can be carried out from the Baikonur cosmodrome or from the East. We will remind, earlier it was reported about the allocation of funds for the upcoming mission: 318 million rubles were allocated for the first stage of the station's creation.

"Venus-D"

Image Source: TASS

Venera-D is an automatic interplanetary station. It will be the first domestic device to go to Venus since 1984.

The station includes an orbital and landing vehicles. The Navigator was chosen for the role of the platform for the Venus-D. The mass of the spacecraft will be 12 thousand kilograms. The power source will be solar panels.

The capabilities of Venus-D will allow us to study the features of the second planet in terms of distance from the Sun as comprehensively as possible. Among other things, the device will analyze the atmosphere of Venus, its surface and internal structure.

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