5VK

5VK
Vega solar system probe bus and landing apparatus (model) - Udvar-Hazy Center
ManufacturerOKB-1
Country of originSoviet Union
OperatorSoviet Space Program
← 4MV

The 5VK planetary probe (short for 5th-generation Venus-Comet probe) is a designation for a common design used for Soviet unmanned probes to comet 1P/Halley and Venus.

It was an incremental improvement of earlier 4MV probes used for Mars and Venus missions.

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