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VENERA 3
Launch Details
| Launched | 15 November 1965 |
| Flight ended | 28 February 1966 |
| Status | Decayed |
| Launch site | Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome) |
| Owner | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) |
| NORAD ID | 1733 |
| COSPAR ID | 1965-092A |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 1965 Nov 16 | – | Launch from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 1965 Dec 26 | – | Successful course-correction manoeuvre |
| 1966 Feb 15 | – | Contact with spacecraft lost, probably due to overheating |
| 1966 Mar 1 | – | Entry into Venusian atmosphere (estimated) |