Venera 14

Venera 14
	Venera 14 postage stamp
Mission type	Venus flyby / lander
Operator	Soviet Academy of Sciences
COSPAR ID	1981-110A; 1981-110D
SATCAT no.	12939; 15600
Mission duration	Travel: 4 months and 1 day; Lander: 57 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	4V-1 No. 761
Manufacturer	NPO Lavochkin
Launch mass	4,394.5 kg (9,688 lb)
Landing mass	760 kilograms (1,680 lb)
Dry mass	1,632.71 kilograms (3,599.5 lb)
Dimensions	2.7 m × 2.3 m × 5.7 m (8.9 ft × 7.5 ft × 18.7 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date	November 4, 1981, 05:31:00 UTC
Rocket	Proton-K/D-1
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39
End of mission
Last contact	lander: 5 March 1982 / carrier: 9 April 1983
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Heliocentric
Eccentricity	0.17
Perihelion altitude	0.71 Astronomical units
Aphelion altitude	0.99 Astronomical units
Inclination	2.3 degrees
Period	286 days
Flyby of Venus
Spacecraft component	Venera 14 flight platform
Closest approach	March 3, 1982
Distance	26,050 km (16,190 mi)
Venus lander
Spacecraft component	Venera 14 descent craft
Landing date	March 5, 1982, 07:00:10 UTC
Landing site	13°15′S 310°00′E / 13.25°S 310°E (east of Phoebe Regio)
	Venera ← Venera 13 Venera 15 →

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).

^ ^a ^b Siddiqi, Asif (2018). Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958–2016 (PDF) (second ed.). NASA History Program Office.
^ 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.

[Venera_14-1] 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.

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