Editing Pioneer Venus Orbiter (section)

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|+Instrument and experience details<ref name="Intro" /><ref name="PVO Mission">{{cite web |title=PVO Mission Document |url=https://pds-ppi.igpp.ucla.edu/data/PVO-V-OEFD-3--EFIELD-HIRES-V1.0/DOCUMENT/MISSION/MISSION.HTM |publisher=NASA}}</ref>
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! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Complete
!Studied
! scope="col" | Instrument Type
! scope="col" | Manufacturer
! scope="col" | Responsible scientist
! scope="col" | Mass
! scope="col" | Electrical consumption
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|OCPP|| Orbiter Cloud Photopolarimeter  
|Clouds|| Photo polarimeter ||  [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies|GISS]]|| J. Hansen  (later L. Travis) || align="center" | {{convert|5|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" | 5.4 W 
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|ORAD||   Orbiter Radar Mapper Instrument 
|Surface and interior|| Radar   ||  [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]||   G. Pettengill || align="center" | {{convert|9|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" | 18 W 
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|OIR||  Orbiter Infrared Radiometer  
|Thermal balance|| Infrared radiometer || [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory|JPL]]|| F. Taylor  || align="center" | {{convert|5.9|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" | 5.2 W 
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|OUVS||  Orbiter Ultraviolet Spectrometer  
|Composition and structure of the atmosphere|| Ultraviolet spectrometer   || [[Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics|LASP]]||   A.I.F. Stewart|| align="center" | {{convert|3.1|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" | 1.7 W 
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|ONMS||  Orbiter Neutral Mass Spectrometer  
|Composition and structure of the atmosphere|| Neutral mass spectrometer ||  [[Goddard Space Flight Center|GSFC]]||  H. Neimann || align="center" | {{convert|3.8|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" | 12 W 
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|OPA||  Orbiter Plasma Analyzer  
|Solar wind and ionosphere|| Analzer plasma ||  [[Ames Research Center|ARC]]|| J. Wolfe (later A. Barnes)  || align="center" | {{convert|3.9|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" | 5 W 
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|OMAG || Orbiter Magnetometer  
|Solar wind and ionosphere|| Magnetometer ||  [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]|| C. Russell || align="center" | {{convert|2|kg|lb|abbr=on}} || align="center" | 2.2 W 
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|OEFD||  Orbiter Electric Field Detector   
|Solar wind and ionosphere|| Measure the electric fields of Venus ||   [[TRW Inc.|TRW]]||  F. Scarf  || align="center" | {{convert|0.8|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" | 0.7 W 
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|OETP|| Orbiter Electron Temperature Probe   
|Solar wind and ionosphere|| Electron temperature gauge || [[Goddard Space Flight Center|GSFC]]||  L. Brace || align="center" | {{convert|2.2|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" |4.8 W 
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|OIMS|| Orbiter Ion Mass Spectrometer     
|Solar wind and ionosphere|| Ion mass spectrometer || GSFC   || H. Taylor  || align="center" | {{convert|3|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" |1.5 W 
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|ORPA||   Orbiter Retarding Potential Analyzer 
|Solar wind and ionosphere|| Ion charge meter ||  LPARL  || W. Knudsen  || align="center" | {{convert|2.8|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" |2.4 W 
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|OGBD||  Orbiter Gamma-Ray Burst Detector  
|High-energy astronomy|| Gamma-ray burst detector ||  [[Los Alamos National Laboratory|LASL]]||  W. Evans || align="center" | {{convert|2.8|kg|lb|abbr=on}}  || align="center" |1.3 W 
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| align="center" | ''ORO''|| S and X-Band Radio Occultation Studies of the Atmosphere Ionosphere o | Orbiter Dual-Frequency Occultation     
|Solar wind and ionosphere|| rowspan="6" |Radio science experiments || align="center" |-   || A. Kliore (JPL) || rowspan="6" align="center" | –  || rowspan="6" align="center" |-  
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|''OGPE''
|  Orbiter Dual-Frequency Experiments    
|Composition and structure of the atmosphere|| align="center" |-   || T. Croft ([[SRI International|SRI]])
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|''OTUR''
|  Atmospheric and Solar Wind Turbulence Experiment 
|Dynamics|| align="center" |-   || T. Croft (JPL)
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|''OAD''
|  Orbiter Atmospheric Drag Experiment     
|Composition and structure of the atmosphere|| align="center" |-   || G. Keating ([[Langley Research Center|LRC]])
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|''OIDD''
|  Orbiter Internal Density Distribution Experiment    
|Surface and interior|| align="center" |-  || R. Phillips (JPL)
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|''OCM''
|  Orbiter Celestial Mechanics Experiment    
|Surface and interior|| align="center" |-  || I. Shapiro (MIT)
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''Note: <small>LASP: [[Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics]] ([[University of Colorado Boulder|University of Boulder]], [[Colorado]]); UCLA: [[University of California in Los Angeles]]; JPL: [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]; MIT: [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]; GSFC: [[Goddard Space Flight Center]]  GISS: [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]]; LRC:  [[Langley Research Center]]; ARC: [[Ames Research Center]]; LASL: [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]]; SRI: [[Stanford Research Institute]]</small>''