Venera 9 (4V1 #1), a Soviet Venus orbiter and lander—the first spacecraft to orbit Venus and the first to return images from another planet’s surface. Proton-K/Blok-D from Baikonur Site 81/24 launched the pair on 8 June 1975; the lander imaged Venus on 22 October 1975.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 37th
- of 38 Proton / UR-500 K/D flights
- Date and time
- 8 June 1975, 02:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton / UR-500 K/D
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1975-050
- Launches in 1975
- 54th of 132
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