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VENERA 4
Launch Details
| Launched | 11 June 1967 |
| Flight ended | 17 October 1967 |
| Status | Decayed |
| Launch site | Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome) |
| Owner | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) |
| NORAD ID | 2840 |
| COSPAR ID | 1967-058A |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 1967 Jun 12 | – | Launch from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 1967 Jul 29 | – | Successful course-correction manoeuvre |
| 1967 Oct 18 | – | Entry into Venusian atmosphere |
| 1967 Oct 18 | – | First spacecraft to return data from the atmosphere of another planet |
| 1967 Oct 18 | – | Mission ended successfully |