Neutron | NZSA Venus Mission
Provider: Rocket Lab
Vehicle: Neutron
Launch Date:
Launch Site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D)
Target Orbit: Helio-N/A
Orbital Compute Tier: Insufficient data
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.
Mission intelligence
Current mission briefs are available immediately to Explore customers and enter the public archive 30 days after launch when their research is ready.