Venera 14

Venera 14
Venera 14 postage stamp
Mission typeVenus flyby / lander
OperatorSoviet Academy of Sciences
COSPAR ID1981-110A
1981-110D
SATCAT no.12939
15600
Mission durationTravel: 4 months and 1 day
Lander: 57 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type4V-1 No. 761
ManufacturerNPO Lavochkin
Launch mass4,394.5 kg (9,688 lb)[1]
Landing mass760 kilograms (1,680 lb)
Dry mass1,632.71 kilograms (3,599.5 lb)
Dimensions2.7 m × 2.3 m × 5.7 m (8.9 ft × 7.5 ft × 18.7 ft)
Start of mission
Launch dateNovember 4, 1981 (1981-11-04), 05:31:00 UTC[1]
RocketProton-K/D-1
Launch siteBaikonur 200/39
End of mission
Last contactlander: 5 March 1982 / carrier: 9 April 1983[2]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemHeliocentric
Eccentricity0.17
Perihelion altitude0.71 Astronomical units
Aphelion altitude0.99 Astronomical units
Inclination2.3 degrees
Period286 days
Flyby of Venus
Spacecraft componentVenera 14 flight platform
Closest approachMarch 3, 1982
Distance26,050 km (16,190 mi)
Venus lander
Spacecraft componentVenera 14 descent craft
Landing dateMarch 5, 1982, 07:00:10 UTC
Landing site13°15′S 310°00′E / 13.25°S 310°E / -13.25; 310 (Venera 14) (east of Phoebe Regio)

Venera 14 (called Venus 14 in English) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.

Venera 14 was identical to the Venera 13 spacecraft, built to take advantage of the 1981 Venus launch opportunity. Venera 14 was launched on 4 November 1981 at 05:31:00 UTC, five days after Venera 13 launched on 30 October 1981 at 06:04:00 UTC. Both had an on-orbit dry mass of 760 kg (1,680 lb).

  1. ^ a b Siddiqi, Asif (2018). Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (PDF) (second ed.). NASA History Program Office.
  2. ^ Siddiqi, Asif A. (2018). Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (PDF). The NASA history series (second ed.). Washington, DC: NASA History Program Office. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-62683-042-4. LCCN 2017059404. SP2018-4041.