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1982-0064

VENERA 13 DESCENT CRAFT

VENERA 13 DESCENT CRAFT (NORAD 15599) landed on Venus on 27 February 1982, 3 months after launch.

Official date
NORAD number
15599
International designator
1981-106D
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
30 Oct 1981Baikonur Cosmodrome
Flight ended (UTC)
27 Feb 1982Recorded time 03:57 UTC
Time in orbit
3 months120 days
How it ended
Landed on Venus
Final destination
Venus
Mass
675 kg
Operator
IKI / Lavochkin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
Venera SA
Programme
4V-1 SA

Life in orbit

3 months

Also ended on 27 Feb 1982

3 entries
1982-0063Kosmos-1311 SS 11982-0061DELTA 1 DEB1982-0062ATLAS DEB

From the same launch

1981-106
1981-0552SL-12 R/BIn orbit4V-1M No. 760
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