Interactive three-dimensional model of Venera 7. Mission information is also available as text below.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Venus lander. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1970-060; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 17 August 1970, 05:38:22 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78M
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Launch intelligence
A Soviet Space Program Molniya rocket launched the Venera-7 mission on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 5:38 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Vehicle
- Molniya
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1970-060
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Aug 17, 1970, 05:38 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Aug 17 1970
- Pad and location
- LC-31, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 15 December 1970
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Venera 7
Venus lander.
- GCAT ID
- S04489
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 680 kg
- Propulsion
- KDU-414
- Dimensions
- 2.5 m long · 1.2 m diameter · 6 m span
Gallery
One image from Venera 7.
3D model
- Source
- Sketchfab — Venera 7
- Author
- tashtego
- Usage
- CC BY 4.0
Community-created model used under CC BY 4.0 and optimized for browser delivery; it is not an official engineering model.
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