Vega 2, the second Soviet Venus–Halley dual-mission probe, launched on a Proton-K/D-1 from Baikonur. It delivered a lander and balloon at Venus, then continued to a close flyby of Comet Halley in March 1986.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 11th
- of 12 Proton-K/D-1 flights
- Date and time
- 21 December 1984, 09:13 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-K/D-1
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/40, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1984-128
- Launches in 1984
- 128th of 129
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