On Monday and Tuesday, the International Space Program will focus its attention on Venus, because NASA, the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will “double-fly” Venus.
The Solar Orbiter will approach Venus on Monday, and BepiColombo will approach Venus on Tuesday.
“Double flight… provides an unprecedented opportunity to study the environment of Venus from different locations at the same time, and in locations that are not normally visited by specialized planetary orbiters,” ESA stated in its report. website.
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The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter and ESA’s BepiColombo will swing around Venus a day apart, using the gravitational force of Venus to adjust their trajectories.
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The European Space Agency and NASA took the first ever image of the sun’s poles on a space mission early on Monday morning. ESA stated in its statement that this is essential to better understand how the sun works and predict space weather.
The spacecraft solar orbiter flew 4,968 miles near Venus, losing some orbital energy to acquire images.
With the help of Venus’s gravitational assistance, the solar orbiter can be tilted at an appropriate orbital angle to obtain pictures of the sun’s poles.
“During its entire mission, it made repeated gravity assist Venus to fly closer to the sun, and changed its orbital inclination, pushing it away from the ecliptic plane to get the best and first view of the sun’s poles,” said ESA .
The space mission of ESA and JAXA involves the BepiColombo spacecraft, which uses the gravity of Venus to help it enter the orbit of Mercury and counter the gravity of the sun.
“BepiColombo is on its way to the mysterious planet Mercury, the deepest planet in the solar system. It needs the overflight of Earth, Venus and Mercury itself, as well as the spacecraft’s solar electric propulsion system to help enter the Mercury orbiting sun under the influence of huge gravity,” Ou Said the empty board.
In the process, this mission will also be closer to Venus, with a planned flight of only 341 miles.
Although the destinations of these two spacecraft are not specific to Venus, Venus played an important role in successfully completing the mission.
The black and white images from the flyby of Venus will be taken and released on Monday and Tuesday. High-resolution images of Venus cannot be taken because the scientific cameras of these two spacecraft will be used for the main mission.
Get up on Monday morning, our second #VenusFlyby!We will pass by from time to time #Venus Over the years, using its gravity to increase our propensity to obtain the best landscape ever #Sun. Background information_https://t.co/vJqOTA7bDp pic.twitter.com/AJYkAleoyw
— ESA Solar Orbiter (@ESASolarOrbiter) August 5, 2021
