Venera 8
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Venera 8 (Russian: Венера-8 meaning Venus 8) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus and was the second robotic space probe to conduct a successful landing on the surface of Venus.[2]
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Venus lander |
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Operator | Lavochkin |
COSPAR ID | 1972-021A |
SATCAT no. | 5912 |
Mission duration | Travel: 117 days Lander: 50 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | 4V-1 No.670 |
Manufacturer | Lavochkin |
Launch mass | 1,184 kilograms (2,610 lb)[1] |
Landing mass | 495 kilograms (1,091 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 March 1972, 04:15:06 (1972-03-27UTC04:15:06Z) UTC[1] |
Rocket | Molniya-M/MVL |
Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
End of mission | |
Last contact | 22 July 1972 (1972-07-23) at 09:32 UT (landing) + 50 min., 11 sec. when transmission ended |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Semi-major axis | 6,591 kilometres (4,095 mi) |
Eccentricity | 0.03732 |
Perigee altitude | 194 kilometres (121 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 246 kilometres (153 mi) |
Inclination | 51.7° |
Period | 88.9 minutes |
Epoch | 27 March 1972 |
Venus lander | |
Landing date | 22 July 1972, 09:32 UTC |
Landing site | 10.70°S 335.25°E / -10.70; 335.25 |
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Venera 8 was a Venus atmospheric probe and lander. Its instrumentation included temperature, pressure, and light sensors as well as an altimeter, gamma ray spectrometer, gas analyzer, and radio transmitters.