Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Comet probe. This reconstructed record groups 3 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1984-128; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 21 December 1984, 09:13:52 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K/D-1
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 1987
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Vega-2
Comet probe.
- GCAT ID
- S15449
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 3,203 kg
- Dimensions
- 4 m long · 2.5 m diameter · 9 m span
SA Vega-2
Venus lander.
- GCAT ID
- S15856
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 750 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1 m diameter · 2 m span
AZ Vega-2
Venus balloon.
- GCAT ID
- S15857
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 21 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 0.1 m diameter · 15.4 m span
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Gallery
One image from Vega-2.
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