launched fromRussia

Vega 1

Success
DEC 15198409:16:24 UTC

Visited Venus and Halley's Comet.

launched fromPad 200/39Baikonur

aboardProton K/D-1 8K82K/11S824M329-01intoHeliocentric

Payload

Vega 1 (Venera-5VK #901)

Planetary probe