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Entry no.
1978-0524
VENERA 11 DESCENT CRAFT
VENERA 11 DESCENT CRAFT (NORAD 12027) landed on Venus on 25 December 1978, 3 months after launch.
Official date
NORAD number
12027
International designator
1978-084C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
9 Sep 1978Baikonur Cosmodrome
Flight ended (UTC)
25 Dec 1978Recorded time 03:24 UTC
Time in orbit
3 months107 days
How it ended
Landed on Venus
Final destination
Venus
Mass
675 kg
Operator
IKI / Babakin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
Venera SA
Programme
4V-1 SA
Life in orbit
3 monthsFrom the same launch
1978-084
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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