1978-084A
4V-1 No. 360 was launched as the first Venera-78 probe, Venera-11.
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| Venera-11 |
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| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
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| 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.
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| Venera-11 SA |
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| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
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| 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 |