Name: Flyby: Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
Start: 2028-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Venus

Nundina › Discover calendars › Space Mission Milestones calendar › Flyby: Solar Orbiter Venus FlybyFlyby: Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby18 March 2028 at 00:00 UTCVenusSolar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on March 17, 2028. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles. Agencies: European Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Target precision: Day Source: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/01/Solar_Orbiter_journey_around_the_SunSpace Mission Milestones calendarMore from this calendar

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