List of artificial objects on Venus - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following table is a partial list of artificial objects on the surface of the planet Venus

Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...

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They have been abandoned after having served their purpose. The list does not include smaller objects such as parachutes or heatshields.

Man-made object	Image	Nationality	Landed	Mass (kg)	Location
Venera 3 Venera 3 Venera 3 was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. It was launched on November 16, 1965 at 04:19 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan....		USSR	1966	958	?
Venera 4 Venera 4 Venera 4 ) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. Venera-4 was the first successful probe to perform in-place analysis of the environment of another planet. It was also the first probe to land on another planet... capsule		USSR	1967	1104	19° N, 38° E
Venera 5 Venera 5 Venera 5 was a probe in the Soviet space program Venera for the exploration of Venus.Venera 5 was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik towards Venus to obtain atmospheric data... capsule		USSR	1969	1128	3° S, 18° E
Venera 6 Venera 6 Venera 6 was a Soviet spacecraft, launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik on January 10, 1969 towards Venus to obtain atmospheric data. It had an on-orbit dry mass of 1130 kg.... capsule		USSR	1969	1128	5° S, 23° E
Venera 7 Venera 7 The Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface, it became the first man-made spacecraft to successfully land on another planet and to transmit data from there back to Earth.*Launch date/time: 1970 August 17 at 05:38... capsule		USSR	1970	1180	5° S, 351° E
Venera 8 Venera 8 Venera 8 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.Venera 8 was a Venus atmospheric probe and lander. Its instrumentation included temperature, pressure, and light sensors as well as an altimeter, gamma ray spectrometer, gas analyzer, and radio transmitters... capsule		USSR	1972	1180	10° S, 335° E
Venera 9 Venera 9 Venera 9 was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It was launched on June 8, 1975 02:38:00 UTC and weighed 4,936 kg... lander		USSR	1975	2015	32° N, 291° E
Venera 10 Venera 10 Venera 10 was a USSR unmanned space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It launched on June 14, 1975 03:00:31 UTC.-Orbiter:The orbiter entered Venus orbit on October 23, 1975... lander		USSR	1975	2015	16° N, 291° E
Pioneer Venus Bus		United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1978	290	37.9° S, 290.9° E
Pioneer Venus Large probe		United States	1978	300	4.4° N, 304.0° E
Pioneer Venus Small probe - North		United States	1978	90	59.3° N, 4.8° E
Pioneer Venus Small probe - Day		United States	1978	90	31.3° S, 317.0° E
Pioneer Venus Small probe - Night		United States	1978	90	28.7° S, 56.7° E
Venera 11 Venera 11 The Venera 11 was a USSR unmanned space mission part of the Venera program to explore the planet Venus. Venera 11 was launched on 9 September 1978 at 3:25:39 UTC.... lander		USSR	1978	2015	14° S, 299° E
Venera 12 Venera 12 The Venera 12 was an USSR unmanned space mission to explore the planet Venus. Venera 12 was launched on 14 September 1978 at 02:25:13 UTC. Separating from its flight platform on December 19, 1978, the lander entered the Venus atmosphere two days later at 11.2 km/s. During the descent, it... lander		USSR	1978	2015	7° S, 294° E
Venera 13 Venera 13 Venera 13 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.Venera 13 and 14 were identical spacecraft built to take advantage of the 1981 Venus launch opportunity and launched 5 days apart, Venera 13 on 1981-10-30 at 06:04:00 UTC and Venera 14 on 1981-11-04 at 05:31:00 UTC,... lander		USSR	1982	2015	7.5° S, 303° E
Venera 14 Venera 14 Venera 14 was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.Venera 14 was identical to the Venera 13 spacecraft and built to take advantage of the 1981 Venus launch opportunity and launched 5 days apart... lander		USSR	1982	2015	13.25° S, 310° E
Vega 1 Vega 1 Vega 1 is a Soviet space probe part of the Vega program. The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft... descent unit		USSR	1985	1500	7.5° N, 177.7° E
Vega 1 Vega 1 Vega 1 is a Soviet space probe part of the Vega program. The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft... balloon gondola		USSR	1985	6.9	?
Vega 2 Vega 2 Vega 2 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 Center and constructed as 5VK by Lavochkin at Khimki... descent unit		USSR	1985	1500	8.5° S, 164.5° E
Vega 2 Vega 2 Vega 2 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 Center and constructed as 5VK by Lavochkin at Khimki... balloon gondola		USSR	1985	6.9	?
Total estimated dry mass (kg)				22,642

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