Venera 5 Venus descent probe spacecraft
Venera 5 was a Soviet Venus descent-probe spacecraft launched in 1969; its instrumented descent capsule transmitted measurements of Venus’s atmosphere during descent.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Venera 5Venera-5V-69
- Family Name
- Venera 5
- Full Name
- Venera 5 Venus descent probe spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probelanderresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Venera 5 was a Soviet Venus descent-probe spacecraft launched in 1969; its instrumented descent capsule transmitted measurements of Venus’s atmosphere during descent.
- First Flight Year
- 1,969
- Last Flight Year
- 1,969
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:17:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 03:14:01 UTC