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Flight profile of Venera 15. Venera 15 was launched on June 2, 1983, at 02:38:39 UTC [3] and reached Venus' orbit on October 10, 1983. [5]The spacecraft was inserted into Venus orbit a day apart from Venera 16, with its orbital plane shifted by an angle of approximately 4° relative to the other probe.
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14104Venera15urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.v15Launch Date: 1983-06-02 Launch Vehicle: Proton Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), U.S.S.R Mass:4000 kg
Venera 1 was launched on 12 February 1961. Telemetry on the probe failed seven days after launch. ... After analyzing the radar images returned from Venera 15 and 16, ...
NameModelMissionLaunch1VA No. 1Flyby4 February 19611VA No. 2Flyby12 February 19612MV-1 No.1Atmospheric probe25 August 19622MV-1 No.2Atmospheric probe1 September 1962May 19, 2024 · The Orbiters: Venera 15 and 16. In 1983, the Soviet Union launched the last two spacecraft of the Venera program, Venera 15 and 16. These missions were dedicated orbiters equipped with synthetic aperture radar systems, which allowed them to map and study the planet’s surface in unprecedented detail.
Accessed 15 November 2024. Venera, any of a series of unmanned Soviet planetary probes that were sent to Venus. Radio contact was lost with the first probe, Venera 1 (launched Feb. 12, 1961), before it flew by Venus. Venera 2 (launched Nov. 12, 1965) ceased operation before it flew to within 24,000 km (15,000 miles) of Venus.
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Sep 12, 2021 · Venera 2, launched on Nov. 12, 1965, was the first of the probes to successfully fly by Venus three months later, but it failed to transmit any data from the encounter. ... Venera 15 and Vega 16 ...
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Jun 2, 1983 · Venera 15 and Venera 16 were a two-spacecraft mission designed to use 8-centimeter (3-inch) band, side-looking radar mappers to study the surface properties of Venus. Venera 15 was launched on June 2, 1983, and Venera 16 on June 7. The two spacecraft were inserted into Venus orbit a day apart with their orbital planes shifted by an angle of ...
