Venera 16

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Venera 16 was a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1983 that, together with Venera 15, conducted detailed radar mapping of Venus’s northern hemisphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Venus orbiter
spacecraft
apoapsisAltitude about 65000 km above Venus
arrivalAtVenus 1983-10-14
collaboratedWith Venera 15 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
dataType radar imagery
surface roughness data
topographic data
enteredOrbitAround Venus NERFINISHED
epochOfMission Cold War era
instrument infrared radiometer
radio altimeter
radio science experiment
synthetic aperture radar
launchDate 1983-06-07
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200 NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Proton-K rocket NERFINISHED
launchYear 1983
manufacturer NPO Lavochkin NERFINISHED
mappedLatitudeRange from about 30 degrees north to the north pole
mappedRegion Venus northern hemisphere NERFINISHED
missionStatus completed
missionType planetary science mission
radar mapping mission
operator Soviet space program NERFINISHED
orbitalPeriod about 24 hours
orbitInclination about 90 degrees
orbitType polar orbit
partOf Soviet Venus exploration program NERFINISHED
periapsisAltitude about 1000 km above Venus
powerSource solar panels
precededBy Venera 15 NERFINISHED
primaryObjective mapping of Venus’s northern hemisphere
radar mapping of Venus
program Venera program NERFINISHED
propulsionType chemical propulsion
relatedMission Venera 15 NERFINISHED
spaceAgency Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
spacecraftBus Venera 15-type bus NERFINISHED
spacecraftMass about 4000 kg
spacecraftType orbiter
target Venus NERFINISHED
usedFor study of Venusian impact craters
study of Venusian surface morphology
study of Venusian tectonics

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