Postpone launching satellites to Venus
Europe has postponed plans to launch satellites on Venus, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, October 26.
The European Space Agency (Esa) has not announced that it will officially launch satellites on Venus on that day, saying only that the project "delayed" for a few days .
As expected, the probe satellite will be loaded onto a Russian Soyuz rocket and launched from Baikonur of Kazakhstan.
The satellite will go into Venus's orbit the following year, using scientific devices to study the planet from space.
Esa said that the delay was due to the discovery of the space of the space launcher that had contaminated Venus Express.
Esa spokesman said: " The satellite has been dirty, so scientists will have to remove and re-install it ."
Venus Express will also need to be cleaned to remove any stains from the launcher's liner.
The spacecraft will conduct the first global investigation of Venus's atmosphere, hoping to explain why the planet has such a terrible climate.
Created primarily from carbon dioxide, Venus's atmosphere emits a fairly dense greenhouse gas, so the retained solar radiation heats the planet's surface to an average temperature of about 467 degrees Celsius. .
Experts say that Venus can tell people more about how the earth will react to the proliferation of greenhouse gases caused by human activities.
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