Planetary Science
VENERA 13 DESCENT CRAFT
DecayedPlanetary ScienceVenusNORAD 15599
Venera 13 was part of the Soviet Venera program meant to explore Venus.
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- Launch date
- October 30, 1981 at 06:04 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-K/D-1 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Venera-13
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Venus
- Reference body
- Venus
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1981-106D
- NORAD catalog №
- 15599
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 27, 1982
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 27, 1982
- Time in service
- 120 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Venus.
- Final status
- Decayed