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VENERA 9 DESCENT CRAFT
Launch Details
| Launched | 7 June 1975 |
| Flight ended | 21 October 1975 |
| Status | Decayed |
| Launch site | Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome) |
| Owner | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) |
| NORAD ID | 8411 |
| COSPAR ID | 1975-050D |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 1975 Jun 8 | – | Launch from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 1975 Oct 20 | – | Landing craft separated from orbiter |
| 1975 Oct 22 | – | Lander descended into Venus's atmosphere |
| 1975 Oct 22 | – | Lander made soft landing on Venus's surface |
| 1975 Oct 22 | – | Lander returned first images from the surface of another planet |
| 1975 Oct 22 | – | Lander mission ended, 53 minutes after landing |
| 1975 Oct 26 | – | Orbiter began to survey Venus's atmosphere |
| 1975 Dec 25 | – | Orbiter science programme completed |
| 1976 Mar 22 | – | Last contact with orbiter |