LAUNCH MISSION

Soviet Space Program Proton-K/D-1 Venera-12

Name: Soviet Space Program Proton-K/D-1 Venera-12
Start: 1978-09-14T02:25:13.000Z
Location: 81/24 (81P)

Status

Success

DATE

14 SEP 1978

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

81/24 (81P)

Description

Venus orbiter and lander

Proton-K/D-1

Rocket Description

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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