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Venera 7

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Venera 7

First successful transmission from the surface of another planet.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 1970
Lead / partner
Soviet Union
Target
Venus
Category
Planetary lander
Status
Success
Vehicle
Molniya-M
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
Heliocentric
Duration
Cruise: Lander: 23 minutes

Why it happened

Venera 7 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: First successful transmission from the surface of another planet.

Results

First successful transmission from the surface of another planet.

Related missions

Venera 7 Venera 4 — same_target Venera 4 Venera 9 — same_target Venera 9 Mariner 2 — same_target Mariner 2 Venera 11 — same_target Venera 11

Venera 4

Partial success

Soviet Union · 1967

Sources & image credits

  • Emerezhko, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog