- Venera 7
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Name = Venera seven
Caption = Model of Venera 7 Descent Capsule
Organization =USSR
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Mission_Type = Lander
Satellite_Of =Venus
Orbital_Insertion_Date = Landed onDecember 15 ,1970
Launch =August 17 ,1970
Launch_Vehicle = Molniya Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages
Decay = N/A
Mission_Duration =August 17 ,1970 toDecember 15 ,1970
NSSDC_ID = 1970-060A
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Mass = 1180 kg
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Orbits =The Venera 7 ( _ru. Венера-7) was a Soviet
spacecraft part of theVenera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the surface, it became the first man-made spacecraft to successfully land on another planet and to transmit data from there back to Earth.*Launch date/time: 1970 August 17 at 05:38
UTC
*On-orbit dry mass: 1180 kg
*Lander mass: 495 kgIt entered the
atmosphere of Venus onDecember 15 ,1970 and landed on theplanet at 05:34:10 UTC of the same day. Landing coordinates are Venus coords and quad cat|5|S|351|E.Fact|date=April 2008The capsule antenna was extended, and signals were returned for 35 minutes. Another 23 minutes of very weak signals were received after the spacecraft landed on Venus, probably because the capsule bounced onto its side on landing and the medium gain antenna was not pointed correctly for strong signal transmission to Earth.
ee also
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Landings on other planets External links
* [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1970-060A Venera 7] NASA NSSDC Master Catalog Data
* [http://www.mentallandscape.com/V_Lavochkin1.htm Plumbing the Atmosphere of Venus]
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