Editing First Persistent Venus Aerostat (section)

=== Operations Timeline ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ FPVA Operational Milestones
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! Year !! Event
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| 2089–2097 CE || Venus Balloon Probe Series VB-12 uncrewed precursor missions
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| 2098 CE || Consortium design competition issued; Tanaka and Orvantes selected
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| 2100–2101 CE || Gondola and envelope fabrication and assembly, lunar orbit
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| March 2102 CE || First Persistent Venus Aerostat achieves nominal float altitude; crew boards
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| 2104 CE || Marta Deschênes produces foundational aerosol datasets (second crew rotation)
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| 2105 CE || Novaya Zemlya Aerospace Collective files disputed priority claim
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| 2108 CE || Crew exposure incident; resolved without long-term crew harm
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| 2112–2119 CE || Resource prospecting phase; wind energy assessments compiled
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| 2119 CE || Decommissioned after 17 years continuous operation
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| 2124 CE || Aphrodite Station Class-I Aerostats enter service, incorporating FPVA design lessons
|}