Scheduled mission
Neutron | NZSA Venus Mission
T-minus
568days
07hrs
51min
36sec
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Rocket Lab
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
Helio-N/A
Mission type
Planetary Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Fri, 31 Dec 2027 00:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#7567 ever
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.