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1985-0146

VEGA 1 DESCENT CRAFT

VEGA 1 DESCENT CRAFT (NORAD 15858) landed on Venus on 9 June 1985, 5 months after launch.

Official date
NORAD number
15858
International designator
1984-125E
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
USSR
Launched
15 Dec 1984Baikonur Cosmodrome
Flight ended (UTC)
9 Jun 1985Recorded time 03:02 UTC
Time in orbit
5 months176 days
How it ended
Landed on Venus
Final destination
Venus
Mass
750 kg
Operator
IKI / Babakin
Built by
Lavochkin
Bus
Venera SA
Programme
4V-1 SA

Life in orbit

5 months

Also ended on 9 Jun 1985

2 entries
1985-0145MOLNIYA 1-261985-0147VEGA 1 BALLOON

From the same launch

1984-125
1984-0555SL-12 R/B(1)1985-0147VEGA 1 BALLOONIn orbit5VK No. 901
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