Status
Success
Venera 4
Launch Time
Mon Jun 12, 1967 02:39 UTC
Mon Jun 12, 1967 02:39 UTC
First flight of Molniya-M /Block VL.
Rocket
Mission Details
Venera 4
Venera 4 (in Russian: Венера-4, "Venus-4") is a Soviet space probe from the Venera Program launched on June 12, 1967. A little heavier than the series of Venera 2 and 3, it was the first successful device data transmission during the parachute descent.
The 383 kg ovoid capsule descended into the atmosphere on October 18, 1967 and retransmitted measurements on the density, temperature and atmospheric composition of Venus. The orbital spacecraft relayed this information to the USSR, as well as to Jodrell Bank.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,106.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1967
63rd orbital launch attempt
Molniya-M
9th mission
2nd mission of 1967
7th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission