Venera 4V-1M spacecraft
Venera 4V-1M was the Soviet flyby-lander spacecraft design flown by Venera 13 and Venera 14. Each solar-powered bus delivered a pressure-hardened descent vehicle to Venus, relayed its atmospheric and surface data during the encounter, then continued into heliocentric orbit as a flyby probe.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Venera 13/14 spacecraft4V1M Venus flyby-lander
- Family Name
- Venera 4V-1M
- Full Name
- Venera 4V-1M spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflybylander
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Venera 4V-1M was the Soviet flyby-lander spacecraft design flown by Venera 13 and Venera 14. Each solar-powered bus delivered a pressure-hardened descent vehicle to Venus, relayed its atmospheric and surface data during the encounter, then continued into heliocentric orbit as a flyby probe.
- First Flight Year
- 1,981
- Last Flight Year
- 1,981
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 09:14:49 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 09:14:49 UTC