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RE: Venera 14

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Anniversary of the Venera 14, Venus Landing/Flyby in 1982

HOLST - Venus from "The Planets Suite"

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Venera 14 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.
Venera 14 was identical to the Venera 13 spacecraft and built to take advantage of the 1981 Venus launch opportunity and launched 5 days apart. It was launched on 4 November 1981 at 05:31:00 UTC and Venera 13 on 30 October 1981 at 06:04:00 UTC, both with an on-orbit dry mass of 760 kg.
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