VENERA 12 DESCENT CRAFT
Launched | 13 September 1978 |
Flight ended | 20 December 1978 |
Status | Decayed |
Launch site | Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome) |
Owner | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) |
NORAD ID | 12028 |
COSPAR ID | 1978-086C |
Observing |
Timeline
1978 Sep 14 | – | Launch from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome |
1978 Dec 19 | – | Landing craft separated from spacecraft bus |
1978 Dec 21 | – | Lander descended into Venus's atmosphere |
1978 Dec 21 | – | Lander made soft landing on Venus's surface |
1978 Dec 21 | – | Lander returned images from the surface of Venus |
1978 Dec 21 | – | Lander mission ended, 110 minutes after landing |
1978 Dec 21 | – | Spacecraft bus flyby of Venus |
1980 Apr 18 | – | Last contact with the spacecraft bus |