Venera 2: mission and targets
Data as of 2026-10-04
Dates declared by the archive
- Project start
- November 12, 1965
- Declared end
- not declared
The start the archive declares is the start of the project, not the launch, and an end it does not declare does not mean the mission is still running.
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A declared target is what the archive files the mission’s data under, not a record of observation.
Description published by the archive
Venera 2, the second Soviet mission to Venus, aimed to study the planet’s atmosphere, magnetic field, radiation, and surface temperature, and to photograph it during approach. The spacecraft returned sporadic data during its three-month cruise. Venera 2 flew by Venus on 27 February 1966 but returned no data because communications failed about two weeks earlier.
Quoted in English, as the archive publishes it, read on October 4, 2026.
Other targets declared
- SOLAR WIND (plasma stream)
Source
Identifier in the archive, which is its citation: urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.venera_2
NASA Planetary Data System, PDS Registry, investigation context products. Dates and targets read on September 29, 2026; how to cite the archive: https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/citing/