Planetary Science
VENERA 16
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Venera 16 was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union. This uncrewed orbiter was to map the surface of Venus using high resolution imaging systems. The spacecraft was identical to Venera 15 and based on modifications to the earlier Venera space probes. The latest data from the spacecraft were received on June 13, 1985, when it responded to the signal sent from Earth for Vega 1.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 7, 1983 at 02:32 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-K/D-1 →
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission
- Venera-16
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Venus
- Reference body
- Venus
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 5,252.73 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1983-054A
- NORAD catalog №
- 14107
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- active