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NZSA Venus Mission

Last Updated: 2 months ago

NZSA Venus Mission is an upcoming Rocket Lab Electron mission, targeting no earlier than 2027 from Launch Complex 3 at Wallops Island, Virginia.

Unknown
Vehicle
Electron
Launch Site
LC-3
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A
Profile
Planetary Science
NET 2027 Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Mission State

Schedule
Window to be announced

Rocket Lab has not published a precise launch time yet.

Coverage
Stream not published yet

Coverage often appears closer to launch, especially for updated NET dates.

Launch Updates

3

  1. Switch in launch vehicle planned.

    by Cosmic_Penguin Source: youtube.com

  2. NET 2026.

    by Cosmic_Penguin Source: x.com

  3. Added launch.

    by Cosmic_Penguin Source: twitter.com

Updates via Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs).

Mission Overview

NZSA Venus Mission is a small direct Venus entry probe with a single 1 kg low-mass, low-cost autofluorescing nephelometer riding on a satellite bus based on the Photon Upper stage of the Electron rocket. The probe mission will spend approximately 5 minutes in the Venus cloud layers, 48-60 km above the surface, collecting in situ measurements to search for organic molecules in cloud particles and constrain particle composition.

Technical Details

Vehicle
Electron
Rocket Lab launch vehicle
Launch Site
Launch Complex 3
LC-3 · Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Target Orbit
Heliocentric N/A
Planned deployment regime
Mission Profile
Planetary Science
Mission architecture
Mission Links
Customer
Unknown
Mission customer

Jellyfish likelihood

Too early to tell

Too early to tell — depends on the final launch time.