Proton-K/Blok D-1 from Baikonur launched Venera 13 (4V1M #1), a Soviet Venus flyby-and-lander probe. Its lander returned the first color images and audio of the Venusian surface in March 1982, lasting about two hours in extreme heat and pressure.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus
- Payload to orbit
- 6.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 12 Proton-K/D-1 flights
- Date and time
- 30 October 1981, 06:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K/D-1
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/40, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1981-106
- Launches in 1981
- 108th of 126
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