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| | Venera |
 | | Venera 7 entered the atmosphere of Venus on December 15, 1970, and a landing capsule was jettisoned. |
 | | Venera 12 was launched into a 177 x 205 km, 51.5 degree inclination Earth orbit from which it was propelled into a 3.5 month Venus transfer orbit which involved two mid-course corrections, on 21 September and 14 December. |
 | | Venera 15 was part of a two spacecraft mission (along with Venera 16) designed to use side-looking radar mappers to study the surface properties of Venus. |
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