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Venera 5

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Mission type:Lander
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Venera 5 (Russian: Венера-5) was a probe in the Soviet space program Venera for the exploration of Venus.
  • Launch Date/Time: January 05 1969 at 06:28:00 UTC
  • On-orbit dry mass: 1130 kg
  • Manufacturer's designation: 2V (V-69)
  • Agency: MOM
  • Manufacturer: Lavochkin
Venera 5 was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (69-001C) towards Venus to obtain atmospheric data. The spacecraft was very similar to Venera 4 although it was of a stronger design.

When the atmosphere of Venus was approached, a capsule weighing 405 kg and containing scientific instruments was jettisoned from the main spacecraft. During satellite descent towards the surface of Venus, a parachute opened to slow the rate of descent. For 53 minutes on May 16, 1969, while the capsule was suspended from the parachute, data from the Venusian atmosphere were returned. It landed at 3° S, 18° E. The spacecraft also carried a medallion bearing the State Coat of Arms of the U.S.S.R. and a bas-relief of V. I. Lenin to the night side of Venus.

Given the results from Venera 4, the Venera 5 and Venera 6 landers contained new chemical analysis experiments tuned to provide more precise measurements of the atmosphere's components. Knowing the atmosphere was extremely dense, the parachutes were also made smaller so the capsule would reach its full crush depth before running out of power (as Venera 4 had done).

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Sketch of Venera 5

Molniya launch vehicle with Venera 5 on launch pad.

Landing of Venera 5.


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Venera programme
1VA | Venera 1 | Sputnik 19 | Sputnik 20 | Sputnik 21 | Cosmos 21 | Venera 1964A | Venera 1964B | Cosmos 27 | Venera 2 | Venera 3 | Cosmos 96 | Venera 1965A | Venera 4 | Cosmos 167 | Venera 5 | Venera 6 | Venera 7 | Cosmos 359 | Venera 8 | Cosmos 482 | Venera 9 | Venera 10 | Venera 11 | Venera 12 | Venera 13 | Venera 14 | Venera 15 | Venera 16
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Spacecraft Missions to Venus
FlybysVenera 1 • Mariner 2 • Zond 1 • Venera 2 • Mariner 5 • Mariner 10 • Venera 11 • Venera 12 • Venera 13 • Venera 14 • Vega 1 • Vega 2 • Galileo • Cassini-Huygens • MESSENGER
OrbitersVenera 9 • Venera 10 • Pioneer Venus Orbiter • Venera 15 • Venera 16 • Magellan probe • Venus Express
Descent probesVenera 3 • Venera 4 • Venera 5 • Venera 6 • Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
LandersVenera 7 • Venera 8 • Venera 9 • Venera 10 • Venera 11 • Venera 12 • Venera 13 • Venera 14 • Vega 1 • Vega 2
Balloon probesVega 1 • Vega 2
Future missionsPLANET-C (2010) • BepiColombo • Venus Entry Probe (2013) • Venera-D (2016)
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Official language of:  Abkhazia (Georgia)
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Soviet space program was a collection of efforts within the Soviet Union conducted by several competing design groups. Being a primarily military program, the early Soviet space program was understandably classified.
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Venera (Russian: Венера;) series of probes was developed by the USSR between 1961 and 1984 to gather data from Venus. As with some of the USSR's other planetary probes, the later versions were launched in pairs with a second vehicle being
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VENUS is an acronym for the Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea . The VENUS project is operated out of the University of Victoria and is an advanced cabled sea floor observatory, consisting of fibre optic cables connecting oceanographic instruments on the sea floor of the
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January 5 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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Lavochkin

State-owned company
Founded
Headquarters

Key people Semyon Lavochkin, designer
Industry Aerospace and defense
Products Military aircraft

Lavochkin Design Bureau (OKB-301
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state coat of arms of the Soviet Union (Russian: Государственный герб СССР[1]
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Venera 4 (Russian:Венера-4) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.
  • Launch Date/Time: 1967 June 12 at 02:40:00 UTC
  • On-orbit Dry Mass: 1106 kg

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Venera 6 (Russian:Венера-6) was a Soviet spacecraft, launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (69-002C) on January 10 1969 towards Venus to obtain atmospheric data. It had an on-orbit dry mass of 1130 kg.
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Molniya (Russian молния for lightning) may refer to:
  • The Molniya (satellite), the Soviet military communications satellite.
  • Molniya orbit, distinctive orbit associated with the satellite.

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Venera (Russian: Венера;) series of probes was developed by the USSR between 1961 and 1984 to gather data from Venus. As with some of the USSR's other planetary probes, the later versions were launched in pairs with a second vehicle being
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Venera 1, was a 643.5 kg probe consisting of a cylindrical body 1.05 meter in diameter topped by a dome, totaling 2.035 meters in height. This was pressurized to 1.2 atmospheres of dry nitrogen, with internal fans to maintain even distribution of heat.
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Sputnik 19 (also known as Alpha Pi 1) was a Soviet Venera-type spacecraft intended to make a landing on Venus. The Molniya launcher put the spacecraft into Earth orbit on August 25, 1962, but the escape stage failed and the probe remained in geocentric orbit for three days
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Sputnik 20 (also known as 1962 Alpha Tau 1) was a Soviet spacecraft originally intended to be a Venus landing mission. The Venera-type spacecraft was successfully inserted into geocentric orbit by the SL-6/A-2-e launcher.
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Sputnik 21 was an unsuccessful Venus flyby mission launched on 12 September 1962 by the Soviet Union.

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  • Sputnik 21 - from the US National Space Science Data Centre (NSSDC)

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Cosmos 21 is the NASA designation for a Soviet spacecraft with unknown mission. This mission has been tentatively identified by NASA as a technology test of the Venera series space probes.
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Cosmos 27.

Beginning in 1962, the name Cosmos was given to Soviet spacecraft which remained in Earth orbit, regardless of whether that was their intended final destination.
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Venera 2 (Russian: Венера-2) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.
  • Launch Date/Time: 1965 November 12 at 05:02:00 UTC
  • On-orbit Dry Mass: 963 kg

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Venera 3 (Russian:Венера-3) was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. It was launched on November 16, 1965 at 04:19 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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Venera 4 (Russian:Венера-4) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.
  • Launch Date/Time: 1967 June 12 at 02:40:00 UTC
  • On-orbit Dry Mass: 1106 kg

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Venera 6 (Russian:Венера-6) was a Soviet spacecraft, launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (69-002C) on January 10 1969 towards Venus to obtain atmospheric data. It had an on-orbit dry mass of 1130 kg.
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The Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7) was a Soviet spacecraft part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the surface, it became the first man-made spacecraft to successfully land on another planet and to transmit data from
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Venera 8 (Russian: Венера-8) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.
  • Launch time: 1972-03-27 at 04:15:01 UTC
  • On-orbit dry mass: 1180 kg
Venera 8 was a Venus atmospheric probe and lander.
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The Cosmos 482 probe, launched March 31, 1972 at 04:02:33 UTC, was an attempted Venus probe which failed to escape low Earth orbit. It was launched by an SL-6/A-2-e launcher 4 days after the Venera 8 atmospheric probe and may have been similar in design and mission plan.
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Venera 9 (Russian: Венера-9) was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It was launched on June 8, 1975 02:38:00 UTC and weighed 4,936 kg (10,884 lb).
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Venera 10 (Russian: Венера-10) was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It launched on June 14, 1975 03:00:31 UTC.

Orbiter

The orbiter entered Venus orbit on October 23, 1975.
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