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Venera 15 & 16

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Venera 15 & 16

Radar mapping of Venus’s northern hemisphere.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 1983
Lead / partner
Soviet Union
Target
Venus
Category
Planetary orbiters
Status
Success
Vehicle
Proton-K
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
Cytherocentric

Why it happened

Venera 15 & 16 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of Soviet Union's work toward venus. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Radar mapping of Venus’s northern hemisphere.

Results

Radar mapping of Venus’s northern hemisphere.

Related missions

Venera 15 & 16 Venera 13 — same_target Venera 13 Venera 11 — same_target Venera 11 Magellan — same_target Magellan Venera 9 — same_target Venera 9

Sources & image credits

  • Armael, via Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · license: cc0 (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog