Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Venus probe. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1978-084; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 September 1978, 03:25:39 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 · February 1980
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Venera-11
Venus probe.
- GCAT ID
- S11020
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 2,718 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 m long · 2.5 m diameter · 9 m span
SA Veneri-11
Venus lander.
- GCAT ID
- S12027
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 675 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1 m diameter · 2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Venera-11.
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