The Pioneer Venus program

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May 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977ssrv...20..283c&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, vol. 20, May 1977, p. 283-306.

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Mission Planning, Pioneer Venus Spacecraft, Space Exploration, Venus (Planet), Earth-Venus Trajectories, Landing Loads, Parachute Descent, Payloads, Planetary Ionospheres, Satellite Orbits, Venus Atmosphere

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Mission timetables, spacecraft, scientific objectives, and payloads of the two mission, Orbiter and Multiprobe, planned for launch and encounter with Venus during the 1978 Venus mission opportunity are described. Basically, the Orbiter mission has the goal of global mapping of the clouds, atmosphere and ionosphere of Venus by remote sensing and radio occultation, global studies by in situ measurements of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere and solar wind-ionosphere interaction region, and determination of gravitational field harmonics from perturbations of the spacecraft orbit. The Multiprobe mission will study the nature and composition of the clouds, the structure of the atmosphere, the circulation pattern, and the characteristics of the planetary environmental interaction with the solar wind.

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