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1966-0085

VENERA 3

VENERA 3 (NORAD 1733) impacted Venus on 1 March 1966, 3 months after launch.

Official date
NORAD number
1733
International designator
1965-092A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
16 Nov 1965Baikonur Cosmodrome
Flight ended (UTC)
1 Mar 1966Recorded time 06:56 UTC
Time in orbit
3 months105 days
How it ended
Impacted Venus
Final destination
Venus
Mass
560 kg
Operator
OKB-1
Built by
OKB-1
Bus
MV
Programme
3MV

Life in orbit

3 months

Also ended on 1 Mar 1966

1 entry
1966-0086SL-6 R/B

From the same launch

1965-092
1965-0364SL-6 R/B(1)
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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