Venera 8
E483949
Venera 8 was a Soviet space probe that successfully landed on Venus in 1972 and transmitted data from its surface, contributing significantly to early Venus exploration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Venera 8 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4780824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Venera 8 Context triple: [Venera missions, spacecraftSeries, Venera 8]
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A.
Venera 9
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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B.
Venera 6
Venera 6 was a Soviet space probe launched in 1969 to study the atmosphere of Venus during its descent.
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C.
Venera 5
Venera 5 was a Soviet space probe launched in 1969 as part of the Venera program to study the atmosphere and surface conditions of Venus.
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D.
Venera 4
Venera 4 was a Soviet space probe that became the first spacecraft to successfully enter another planet’s atmosphere and transmit in-situ data, specifically from Venus, in 1967.
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E.
Venera 7
Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft notable for being the first human-made probe to successfully land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth, achieving this milestone on Venus in 1970.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Venera 8 Target entity description: Venera 8 was a Soviet space probe that successfully landed on Venus in 1972 and transmitted data from its surface, contributing significantly to early Venus exploration.
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A.
Venera 9
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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B.
Venera 6
Venera 6 was a Soviet space probe launched in 1969 to study the atmosphere of Venus during its descent.
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C.
Venera 5
Venera 5 was a Soviet space probe launched in 1969 as part of the Venera program to study the atmosphere and surface conditions of Venus.
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D.
Venera 4
Venera 4 was a Soviet space probe that became the first spacecraft to successfully enter another planet’s atmosphere and transmit in-situ data, specifically from Venus, in 1967.
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E.
Venera 7
Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft notable for being the first human-made probe to successfully land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth, achieving this milestone on Venus in 1970.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Venus lander
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space probe ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| achievement |
confirmed high surface temperature on Venus
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confirmed very high surface pressure on Venus ⓘ demonstrated that daylight reaches Venus surface ⓘ first detailed gamma-ray measurements of Venusian surface material ⓘ provided data on Venusian atmospheric composition ⓘ |
| atmosphericEntry | 1972-07-22 ⓘ |
| carriedInstrument |
gamma-ray spectrometer
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gas analyzer ⓘ photometer ⓘ pressure sensor ⓘ telemetry system ⓘ temperature sensor ⓘ |
| communicationBand | radio ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
early exploration of Venus
ⓘ
understanding of Venus surface conditions ⓘ |
| COSPARId | 1972-023A ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| descentPhaseDuration | about 1 hour ⓘ |
| heatShield | used for atmospheric entry ⓘ |
| landingBody | Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1972-07-22 ⓘ |
| landingLatitude | about -10 degrees ⓘ |
| landingLongitude | about 335 degrees ⓘ |
| landingRegion | day side of Venus ⓘ |
| launchCountry | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1972-03-27 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Molniya-M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 1180 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionTarget | Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType | planetary lander ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parachuteSystem | used during descent ⓘ |
| power | battery powered ⓘ |
| program | Venera program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedMission |
Venera 7
NERFINISHED
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Venera 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| SATCATNumber | 05950 ⓘ |
| scientificObjective |
measure atmospheric conditions on Venus
ⓘ
measure surface gamma radiation ⓘ study surface illumination on Venus ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Venera-type lander ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| surfaceOperationDuration | about 50 minutes ⓘ |
| transmissionDurationFromSurface | about 50 minutes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Venera 8 Description of subject: Venera 8 was a Soviet space probe that successfully landed on Venus in 1972 and transmitted data from its surface, contributing significantly to early Venus exploration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.