Vega 1
FlybyThree-axis stabilised spacecraft that carried the Venus package and then imaged the nucleus of Halley's Comet.
- Launch mass
- 3,203 kg
- Power
- Solar
- Built by
- Lavochkin
- Last contact
- 30 Jan 1987
- Designator
- 1984-125A
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- Launched
- 15 Dec 198409:16:24 UTC
- Last contact
- 30 Jan 1987
- Duration
- 2 years 1 month
- Destinations
- Venus, Halley's Comet
A Soviet-led international mission that dropped a lander and a balloon at Venus, then flew on to pass within 9,000 km of Halley's Comet.
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198519861987
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Vega 1 lander
LanderLander that measured the atmosphere during descent. Its surface experiments switched on early and returned little.
- Launch mass
- 750 kg
- Size
- 2 m × 1 m, span 2 m
- Power
- Battery
- Built by
- Lavochkin
- Last contact
- 11 Jun 1985
- Designator
- 1984-125E
Vega 1 balloon
Atmospheric probeHelium balloon that floated about 54 km up in Venus's clouds for nearly two days, tracked by radio telescopes on Earth.
- Launch mass
- 21 kg
- Size
- 1 m × 0.1 m, span 15.4 m
- Power
- Battery
- Built by
- Lavochkin
- Last contact
- 13 Jun 1985
- Designator
- 1984-125F
Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.