Venera 7
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| Image:Venera-7 diagram.jpg Diagram of Venera 7 |
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| Organization: | USSR |
| Mission type: | Lander |
| Satellite of: | Venus |
| Orbital Insertion date: | Landed on December 15, 1970 |
| Launch Date: | August 17, 1970 |
| Launch Vehicle: | Molniya Booster Plus Upper Stage and Escape Stages |
| Decay: | N/A |
| Mission Duration: | August 17, 1970 to December 15, 1970 |
| NSSDC ID: | 1970-060A |
| Mass: | 1180 kg |
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The Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7) was launched as part of the Venera program by the Soviet Union.
- Launch date/time: 1970 August 17 at 05:38 UTC
- On-orbit dry mass: 1180 kg
- Lander mass: 495 kg
It entered the atmosphere of Venus on December 15, 1970 and landed on the planet at 05:34:10 UTC of the same day. Landing coordinates are 5° S, 351° E. Venera 7 became the first man-made spacecraft to successfully land on another planet and to transmit data from there back to Earth.
The capsule antenna was extended, and signals were returned for 35 min. Another 23 min of very weak signals were received after the spacecraft landed on Venus, probably because the capsule bounced onto its side on landing and the medium gain antenna was not pointed correctly for strong signal transmission to Earth.
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 Model of Venera 7 Descent Capsule |
 Insignia with Vladimir Ilyich Lenin on board of Venera 7 landing capsule. |
Insignia with the State Emblem of Soviet Union on board of Venera 7 landing capsule. |
Sketch of Venera 7 |
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- Venera 7 NASA NSSDC Master Catalog Data
| Venera programme |
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1VA | Venera 1 | Sputnik 19 | Sputnik 20 | Sputnik 21 | Cosmos 21 | Venera 1964A | Venera 1964B | Cosmos 27 | Venera 2 | Venera 3 | Cosmos 96 | Venera 1965A | Venera 4 | Cosmos 167 | Venera 5 | Venera 6 | Venera 7 | Cosmos 359 | Venera 8 | Cosmos 482 | Venera 9 | Venera 10 | Venera 11 | Venera 12 | Venera 13 | Venera 14 | Venera 15 | Venera 16 |
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| Flybys | Venera 1 • Mariner 2 • Zond 1 • Venera 2 • Mariner 5 • Mariner 10 • Venera 11 • Venera 12 • Galileo • Cassini-Huygens • MESSENGER |
| Orbiters | Venera 9 • Venera 10 • Pioneer Venus Orbiter • Venera 15 • Venera 16 • Magellan probe • Venus Express |
| Descent probes | Venera 3 • Venera 4 • Venera 5 • Venera 6 • Pioneer Venus Multiprobe |
| Landers | Venera 7 • Venera 8 • Venera 9 • Venera 10 • Venera 11 • Venera 12 • Venera 13 • Venera 14 • Vega 1 • Vega 2 |
| Balloon probes | Vega 1 • Vega 2 |
| Future missions | PLANET-C (2010) • BepiColombo • Venera-D (2013) |
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See also: Colonization of Venus
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