Venera 15

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Venera 15 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1983 that orbited Venus to conduct detailed radar mapping of the planet’s northern hemisphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Venus orbiter
spacecraft
communicationBand radio
cosparId 1983-053A
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
dataType altimetric data
radar images
dataUser planetary scientists
discovererOrManufacturer Soviet space industry NERFINISHED
imagedSurfaceFeature Venusian impact craters
Venusian plains
Venusian volcanoes
launchCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED
launchDate 1983-06-02
launchMass approximately 4000 kilograms
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Proton-K rocket NERFINISHED
mappedLatitudeRange from about 30°N to the north pole
mappedRegion northern hemisphere of Venus
missionEnd mid-1980s
missionOutcome successful
missionPartner Venera 16 NERFINISHED
missionStart 1983
missionType planetary orbiter
radar mapping mission
notableFor first detailed radar mapping of Venus northern hemisphere
nssdcId 1983-053A
operationalStatus mission completed
operator Soviet Union NERFINISHED
orbitingBody Venus NERFINISHED
orbitType polar orbit
periapsisTarget northern high latitudes of Venus
powerSource solar panels
primaryObjective radar mapping of Venus
study of Venusian atmosphere and surface
program Venera program NERFINISHED
propulsionType chemical propulsion
radarFrequencyBand X-band
radarInstrument synthetic aperture radar
relatedMission Venera 16 NERFINISHED
scientificDiscipline planetary science
radar astronomy
spaceAgency Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
spacecraftBus Venera orbiter bus
spacecraftConfiguration three-axis stabilized
target Venus NERFINISHED

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