Venera 6 (2V / V-69 No.331), a Soviet Venus atmospheric probe. Molniya-M from Baikonur Site 1/5 on 10 January 1969 sent it on a heliocentric path; the lander entered Venus’s atmosphere on 17 May 1969 and returned data for about 51 minutes before pressure crushed it.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus
- Payload to orbit
- 1.7 T
- Flight
- 18th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 10 January 1969, 05:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1969-002
- Launches in 1969
- 2nd of 125
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