MISSION NAME
Venera-14 14
Status
Success
DATE
4 NOV 1981
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
200/39 (200L)
Description
Venus orbiter and lander
Proton-K/D-1
Rocket Description
The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.