Engineering:5VK
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Short description: Soviet unmanned Venus and Halley comet probe design
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| Manufacturer | OKB-1 | ||
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union | ||
| Operator | Soviet Space Program | ||
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The 5VK planetary probe (short for 5th-generation Venus-Comet probe) is a designation for a common design used for Soviet unmanned probes to comet 1P/Halley and Venus.[1][2][3]
It was an incremental improvement of earlier 4MV probes used for Mars and Venus missions.
Design
The craft was three-axis stabilized[4] and powered by twin large solar panels, weighing 4,920 kg (10,850 lb). They were equipped with a dual bumper shield for dust protection from Halley's comet. Instruments included an antenna dish, cameras, spectrometer, infrared sounder, magnetometers, and plasma probes.[5][4]
Variants
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See also
References
- ↑ "Vega 5VK". http://www.astronautix.com/v/vega5vk.html.
- ↑ Erickson, Lance K. (October 2, 2010). Space Flight: History, Technology, and Operations. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780865874190. https://books.google.com/books?id=dr6R51cqQ6IC&dq=5KV+vega&pg=PA638.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Vega 1, 2 (5VK #1, 2)" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/vega-1.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "VEGA Mission". http://arc.iki.rssi.ru/IPL/vega.html.
- ↑ "SBN Mission Support: Vega 1". https://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/data_sb/missions/vega1/index.shtml.
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