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1969-0142

VENERA 6

VENERA 6 (NORAD 3648) impacted Venus on 17 May 1969, 4 months after launch.

Official date
NORAD number
3648
International designator
1969-002A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
10 Jan 1969Baikonur Cosmodrome
Flight ended (UTC)
17 May 1969UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
4 months127 days
How it ended
Impacted Venus
Final destination
Venus
Mass
725 kg
Operator
IKI / Babakin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
MV
Programme
4V-1A

Life in orbit

4 months

Also ended on 17 May 1969

2 entries
1969-0144SL-3 R/B1969-0143SL-8 DEB

From the same launch

1969-002
1969-0009SL-6 R/B
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