Venera 5/6 Venus atmospheric-probe spacecraft family
The Venera 5/6 family comprised twin Soviet Venus descent probes launched in 1969; each released an instrumented capsule that transmitted atmospheric data during parachute descent.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Venera 5Venera 6Venera-5/6
- Family Name
- Venera 5/6
- Full Name
- Venera 5/6 Venus atmospheric-probe spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeatmospheric_probe
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Venera 5/6 family comprised twin Soviet Venus descent probes launched in 1969; each released an instrumented capsule that transmitted atmospheric data during parachute descent.
- First Flight Year
- 1,969
- Last Flight Year
- 1,969
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/venus/exploration/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 17:09:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 6, 2026 at 17:09:11 UTC