Present status of Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter Planet-C in 2009

Computer Science

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

Scientific paper

Japanese Venus climate orbiter PLANET-C is JAXA's third planetary explorer succeeding Suisei (PLANET-A) and Nozomi (PLANET-B). PLANET-C will be launched in 2010 and travel around the sun to reach Venus within the same year, then it will enter the Venusian orbit. PLANET-C will research the Venusian atmosphere, which is covered by thick clouds. It carries five cameras including ultraviolet and optical devices and even infrared cameras. Each of them will capture images of the clouds at different altitudes. The infrared cameras will look through the top layer of the clouds to see the lower atmosphere. Using these cameras, PLANET-C will take one photo every two hours at various wavelengths. We have finished the Proto-Model integration test of major components of VCO in December 2007. In March 2008, we finished the CDR for the phase-up (to Phase D). The flight model development will be finalized by 2009 and the final integration test will be done during whole 2009. There is no delay in schedule so far.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Present status of Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter Planet-C in 2009 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Present status of Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter Planet-C in 2009, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Present status of Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter Planet-C in 2009 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1245280

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.