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- Sweden joined India’s Venus Orbiter Mission “Shukrayaan” through scientific collaboration with ISRO.
- Shukrayaan is India’s planned interplanetary mission to study the atmosphere, exosphere, volcanic surface, and weather systems of Venus.
- The Swedish Institute of Space Physics will develop the Venusian Neutral Analyser (VNA) payload for the mission.
- The mission was approved by the Union Cabinet in 2024 with an outlay of ₹1,236 crore and will be launched using the LVM-3 rocket.
- The spacecraft will carry 19 payloads and is expected to reach Venus by July 2028 after a 112-day journey.

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