launched from Russia

Vega 2

Success
DEC 21198409:13:51 UTC

Visited Venus and Halley's Comet.

launched from Pad 200/40 Baikonur

aboard Proton K/D-1 8K82K/11S824M 325-02 into Heliocentric

Payload

Vega 2 (Venera-5VK #902)

Planetary probe