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NZSA Venus Mission
Neutron
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LAUNCH SITEWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Neutron
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Destination orbit
- Heliocentric N/A
- Launch pad
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D)
- Provider
- Rocket Lab
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
Neutron
Neutron is an upcoming medium-lift two-stage launch vehicle under development by Rocket Lab. Neutron features a reusable first stage fueled by LOX and Methane.
- Height
- 40 m
- Diameter
- 7 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 0
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Launch site & orbit
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
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DestinationHeliocentric N/A
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