VEGA 2 DESCENT CRAFT

Launch Details
Launched 20 December 1984
Flight ended 14 June 1985
Status Decayed
Launch site Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome)
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 15856
COSPAR ID 1984-128E
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Timeline

1984 Jun 13 Descent module separated from flyby probe
1984 Jun 15 Descent module entered Venus's atmosphere
1984 Jun 15 Balloon deployed into Venus's atmosphere
1984 Jun 15 Lander mission ended, after returning data from the surface for 56 minutes
1984 Jun 15 Balloon mission ended
1984 Jun 15 Orbiter flyby of Venus
1984 Dec 21 Launch from Site 200/40 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome
1986 Mar 9 Flyby of Comet 1P/Halley
1987 Mar 24 Last contact with the flyby probe

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