launched from Russia

Vega 1

Success
DEC 15198409:16:24 UTC

Visited Venus and Halley's Comet.

launched from Pad 200/39 Baikonur

aboard Proton K/D-1 8K82K/11S824M 329-01 into Heliocentric

Payload

Vega 1 (Venera-5VK #901)

Planetary probe