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VENERA 14 DESCENT CRAFT

DecayedPlanetary ScienceVenusNORAD 15600

Venera 13 was part of the Soviet Venera program meant to explore Venus.

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Launch

Launch date
November 4, 1981 at 05:31 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K/D-1 →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Venera-14

Trajectory

Regime
Interplanetary — Venus
Reference body
Venus

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,645 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1981-110D
NORAD catalog №
15600
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 5, 1982

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 5, 1982
Time in service
121 days
Fate
Mission ended at Venus.
Final status
Decayed