Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Venus lander. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1969-002; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 10 January 1969, 05:51:52 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78M
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 17 May 1969
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Venus 6
Venus lander.
- GCAT ID
- S03648
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 725 kg
- Propulsion
- KDU-414
- Dimensions
- 3.7 m long · 1.1 m diameter · 3.7 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Venus 6.
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