South Korea’s Venus-Focused Cubesat Advances as Larger Missions Face NASA Cuts

South Korea’s Venus-focused cubesat advances as larger missions face NASA cuts

South Korea’s state-backed Institute for Basic Science has ordered the first of five cubesats to study Venus from LEO starting next year, bolstering sustained planetary research as flagship missions face budget uncertainty. The post South Korea’s Venus-focused cubesat advances as larger missions face NASA cuts appeared first on SpaceNews.

New Venus Observation Mission - world's first long-term planetary CubeSat study by Korea’s Institute for Basic Science and NanoAvionics

New Venus Observation Mission - world's first long-term planetary CubeSat study by Korea’s Institute for Basic Science and NanoAvionics

South Korea's Venus Cubesat: Defying NASA Cuts – Archyde

Archyde South Korea Eyes venus With Cubesats Amid Nasa Mission Uncertainty Tampa, Fla. – South Korea’s Institute For Basic Science (Ibs) has commissioned the first of five cubesats to investigate venus from low earth orbit (Leo), starting next year. This initiative bolsters ongoing planetary research at a time when flagship missions are facing budgetary constraints. Nanoavionics, ... Read more You can read the full story here: South Korea’s Venu…

NanoAvionics to Build Korea’s First Venus Observing Sat

South Korea’s Institute for Basic Science (IBS) selected NanoAvionics—the Lithuanian satellite bus manufacturer—to build the first of five 8U cubesats to study Venus from LEO. The satellites—part of IBS’ CLOVE project—will carry UV and NIR observation instruments developed by IBS to monitor Venus’ cloud structures and atmospheric chemical makeup. “We plan to acquire a ‘time series’ of Venus-disk reflectivity. To maintain data quality, having fol…

South Korea to launch series of CubeSats dedicated to observing Venus

New Delhi: The Institute of Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea has launched a long-term project to observe Venus using CubeSats in Earth orbit, called the Chasing the Long-term Variability of Our Nearest Neighbor Planet Venus (CLOVE) project. The IBS plans to launch a new satellite every three years over a 15 year period, to span at least one complete solar activity cycle of 11 years. These are well-understood cycles over which solar activity in…

Groundbreaking Long-Term Venus Observation Mission: Korea's Institute

Kongsberg NanoAvionics, a trailblazer in the small satellite sector, has forged a partnership with the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea to pioneer a groundbreaking initiative aimed at unraveling the secrets of Venus. This audacious project, named CLOVE (Chasing the Long-term Variability of Our Nearest Neighbor Planet Venus), marks a pivotal moment in planetary science. The initiative is centered on deploying a constellation of Cu…