Neutron | NZSA Venus Mission

Name: Neutron | NZSA Venus Mission
Start: 2027-12-31T00:00:00Z
End: 2027-12-31T00:00:00Z
Location: Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

TO BE DETERMINED

> T-MINUS (NET)

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> MISSION DATA

DATEFriday, December 31, 2027

TIME12:00 AM UTC

PROVIDERRocket Lab

ROCKETNeutron

PADRocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D)

LOCATIONWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

ORBITHeliocentric N/A

> MISSION BRIEFING // PLANETARY SCIENCE

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.

> SCHEDULE & SOURCE

Source-reported status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Launch window: 2027-12-31 00:00:00 UTC — 2027-12-31 00:00:00 UTC.

Dates and windows may change. Passing the scheduled time does not confirm a launch outcome.

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