The Venera 12 flyby bus carried and released the softlander before Venus encounter, relayed the lander measurements, and continued past Venus as an interplanetary flyby probe with its own gamma-ray and plasma science instruments.
The Venera 12 flyby bus carried and released the softlander before Venus encounter, relayed the lander measurements, and continued past Venus as an interplanetary flyby probe with its own gamma-ray and plasma science instruments.