Venera 10 (4V1 #2), a Soviet Venus orbiter and lander pair. Proton-K/Blok-D from Baikonur Site 81/24 launched the craft on 14 June 1975; the lander reached Venus’s surface on 25 October 1975 and returned images and atmospheric data alongside the orbiter.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus
- Payload to orbit
- 6.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 38th
- of 38 Proton / UR-500 K/D flights
- Date and time
- 14 June 1975, 03:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton / UR-500 K/D
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1975-054
- Launches in 1975
- 58th of 132
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