Venera 9

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Venera 9 was a Soviet spacecraft that became the first human-made probe to successfully return images from the surface of Venus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet spacecraft
Venus lander
planetary probe
space probe
communication radio link via orbiter relay
COSPAR ID 1975-033A
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
destination Venus
enteredOrbitAround Venus
era Cold War space exploration
firstImageFromSurfaceOf Venus
imageTransmission telemetry to Earth via orbiter
landerInstruments barometers
gamma-ray spectrometer
photometers
thermometers
landerSeparationDate 1975-10-20
landingDate 1975-10-22
landingHemisphere northern hemisphere of Venus
landingSite Venus surface
launchCountry Soviet Union
launchDate 1975-06-08
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
launchVehicle Proton rocket
surface form: Proton-K rocket
measured chemical composition of Venus atmosphere
light levels on Venus surface
surface pressure of Venus
surface temperature of Venus
missionOutcome partially successful
missionType orbiter and lander
notableFor first human-made probe to return images from the surface of Venus
operator Soviet Union
orbiterInstruments imaging system
radiometers
spectrometers
orbitInsertionDate 1975-10-20
powerSource batteries
solar panels
primaryGoal study Venus atmosphere and surface
program Venera missions
surface form: Venera program
relatedMission Venera 10
spaceAgency Soviet space program
spacecraftBus Venera-type bus
surfaceImaging black-and-white images
panoramic images
surfaceImagingMethod television camera system
surfaceOperationDuration about 53 minutes
targetBody Venus

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