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Venera 7

Space Probe

Venera 7 was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus, built by the Lavochkin design bureau. When it landed on December 15, 1970, it became the first spacecraft to execute a successful soft landing on another planet and the first to transmit data from another planet's surface back to Earth.

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Status
Status (category)
Mission Complete / Ended 1
Launch Date
1970-08-17 2
Connections

Mission Of

Venera Program, Missions and Programs
Source Venera 7 (Wikipedia)

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies

Venera 7's own infobox names Lavochkin, the Soviet design bureau that built the probe, as Operator; Lavochkin is not itself a modeled agency entity in this atlas, so this edge targets the overarching Soviet space program, which the lead paragraph confirms as the mission's state origin.

Additional Source Venera 7 (Wikipedia)Venera 7, lead section
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Manufactured By

NPO Lavochkin

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Venera 7 (Wikipedia)
  • it became the first spacecraft to execute a successful soft landing on another planet and the first to transmit data from there back to Earth
  • Venera 7 article, lead section
    the first spacecraft to execute a successful soft landing on another planet
  • Venera 7 article, infobox
  • In Group: Venus Probes, Venera 7 (Russian: ??????-7, lit.?'Venus 7') was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface on 15 December 1970, it became the first
  • Part Of: Venera Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
    Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7, lit. 'Venus 7') was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus.
  • Mission Of: Venera Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7, lit. 'Venus 7') was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus.
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Venera 7, lead section
    Venera 7 ... was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus.
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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