Venera 7 (V-70), a Soviet Venus lander launched on a Molniya-M from Baikonur; on 15 December 1970 it became the first spacecraft to soft-land on another planet and transmit data from Venus's surface for about 23 minutes.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 23rd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 17 August 1970, 05:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1970-060
- Launches in 1970
- 66th of 124
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