Venera 8

Soviet space probe which delivered a lander to Venus
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Venera 8

Summary

Venera 8 is a 3MV[1]. It draws 99 Wikipedia views per month (3mv category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Venera 8's instance of is recorded as 3MV[3].
  • Venera 8's instance of is recorded as former entity[4].
  • Venera 8's operator is recorded as NPO Lavochkin[5].
  • Venera 8's follows is recorded as Venera 7[6].
  • Venera 8's followed by is recorded as Venera 9[7].
  • Venera 8's manufacturer is recorded as NPO Lavochkin[8].
  • Venera 8's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1972-021A[9].
  • Venera 8's part of is recorded as Venera[10].
  • Venera 8's Commons category is recorded as Venera 8[11].
  • Venera 8's space launch vehicle is recorded as Molniya-M[12].
  • Venera 8's located on astronomical body is recorded as Venus[13].
  • Venera 8's SCN is recorded as 05912[14].
  • Venera 8's type of orbit is recorded as geocentric orbit[15].
  • Venera 8's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1972-03-27T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Venera 8's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1972-07-22T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Venera 8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04swjy[18].
  • Venera 8's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • Venera 8's significant event is recorded as soft landing[20].
  • Venera 8's significant event is recorded as loss of signal[21].
  • Venera 8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03732'}[22].
  • Venera 8's location of landing is recorded as Venus[23].
  • Venera 8's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31[24].
  • Venera 8's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Венера-8'}[25].
  • Venera 8's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+51.7'}[26].
  • Venera 8's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+117'}[27].

Why It Matters

Venera 8 draws 99 Wikipedia views per month (3mv category, ranking #3 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Venera 8. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/venera-8
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_venera-8_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Venera 8}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/venera-8}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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