Vega 1 photograph

Vega 1

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Launch dateDecember 15, 1984, 11:16 AM GMT+2
Max speed39,600 km/h
Spacecraft5VK No. 901
Landing date03:02:54, June 11, 1985
Landing mass1,520 kg (3,350 lb)
NamesVenera-Halley 1
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1808041
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About Vega 1


Vega 1 is a Soviet space probe part of the Vega program. The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft. They were designed by Babakin Space Centre and constructed as 5VK by Lavochkin at Khimki. The name VeGa combines the first two letters Russian words for Venus and Halley.

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