Sunday, July 20, 2003

Venera 11

 1978-084A


4V-1 No. 360 was launched as the first Venera-78 probe, Venera-11.


Venera-11 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Sep 9  0325:39 Launch by Proton-K  KB 
  T+2m St 1 sep 
  T+5m St 2 sep 
  T+5m GO sep 
 0335 T+9m St 3 MECO 
 0339?  Blok-D burn 1 
 0341?  Blok-D MECO-1 
 0443?  Blok-D MES-2 
 0451:38  Solar orbit insertion 
 1330? Pass EL1:4 
1978 Sep 13  1430?  Leave Earth sphere 
1978 Sep 16  0900  TCM1 9m/s 
1978 Dec 17  0350  TCM2 2.1m/s 
1978 Dec 22  1520?  Enter Venus sphere 
1978 Dec 25  0324:01 Venus encounter 40355 km C/A, 34303 km alt 
1978 Dec 27  1500?  Leave Venus sphere 
1978 Dec    320.1d 107 x 167 Mkm 
1979 Feb 7   TCM3 350m/s 106.5 x 161.3 Mkm 
1980 Feb   end of transmissions 

1978-084C

The V11 lander found conditions of 90 atm, 725K.


Venera-11 SA 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978   Launch by Proton  KB 
1978 Dec 22  1520?  Enter Venus sphere 
1978 Dec 23  0220?  Separation from Venera-11, range 830000 km? 
1978 Dec 25  0221:44  Entry at 125 km 11.2 km/s -18 deg  -388 x -43781 
  End of aero braking 
 0222:07  Lid off, pilot chute 
 0222:43  Sonic relief chute (11s) 
 0222:54  Sonic relief chute, upper shield jettison 
 0222:54  Braking chute out  
 0222:58  Lower shield off, instruments on - first telemetry 
 0231:27  Braking chute sep 45 km 
 0324:25  Landing at -14, 299 
 0500  end of transmissions

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