Status
Success
Venera 8
Launch Time
Mon Mar 27, 1972 04:15 UTC
Mon Mar 27, 1972 04:15 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Venera 8
Venera 8 (Russian: Венера-8 meaning Venus 8) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus and was the second robotic space probe to conduct a successful landing on the surface of Venus.
Venera 8 was a Venus atmospheric probe and lander. Its instrumentation included temperature, pressure, and light sensors as well as an altimeter, gamma ray spectrometer, gas analyzer, and radio transmitters.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,184.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1972
22nd orbital launch attempt
Molniya-M
31st mission
1st mission of 1972
26th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission