May 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985spfl...27..218c&link_type=abstract
Spaceflight (ISSN 0038-6340), vol. 27, May 1985, p. 218-220.
Physics
Halley'S Comet, Interplanetary Spacecraft, U.S.S.R. Space Program, Venus Atmosphere, Venus Probes, Spacecraft Launching, Venera Satellites, Venus, Comets, Vega 1, Vega 2, Mission Description, Popular, Halley, Spacecraft, Design, Probes, Landers, Atmosphere, Clouds, Circulation, Wind, Weather, Turbulence, Equipment, Climate
Scientific paper
The flight plan, instrumentation and mission objectives of the USSR Vega 1 and 2 spacecraft, which will encounter both Venus and Halley's Comet, are detailed. Each probe will release descent probes into the Venus atmosphere during flyby at a 35,000 km distance. The probes will soft land by balloon descent. The main buses of each spacecraft will continue on to a 10,000 km approach to Halley's Comet. The Venus atmosphere descent probes will transmit data which will be received and relayed by the NASA Deep Space Network. The descent instrumentation will provide data on the frequency of lightning flashes, vertical gust velocities, atmospheric temperature and pressure profiles, and the distribution and density of clouds. Both Halley encounters will be through the tail of the comet.
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