Venera 2 (Russian: Венера-2) (manufacturer's designation: 3MV-4) was a space probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus.
- Launch Date/Time: 1965 November 12 at 05:02:00 UTC
- On-orbit Dry Mass: 963 kg
Venera 2 was launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (65-091B) towards the planet Venus and carried a TV system and scientific instruments. On February 27, 1966, the spacecraft passed Venus at a distance of 24,000 km and entered a heliocentric orbit. The spacecraft system had ceased to operate before the planet was reached and returned no data.
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Venera programme
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- Tyazhely Sputnik
- Venera 1
- Venera 2MV-1 No.1
- Venera 2MV-1 No.2
- Venera 2MV-2 No.1
- Kosmos 21
- Venera 3MV-1 No.2
- Kosmos 27
- Venera 2
- Venera 3
- Kosmos 96
- Venera 4
- Kosmos 167
- Venera 5
- Venera 6
- Venera 7
- Kosmos 359
- Venera 8
- Kosmos 482
- Venera 9
- Venera 10
- Venera 11
- Venera 12
- Venera 13
- Venera 14
- Venera 15
- Venera 16
- Venera-D
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Spacecraft missions to Venus
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| Flybys |
- Venera 1
- Mariner 2
- Zond 1
- Venera 2
- Mariner 5
- 10
- Venera 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- Vega 1
- 2
- Galileo
- Cassini–Huygens
- MESSENGER
- IKAROS
- Shin-en
- Akatsuki
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| Orbiters |
- Venera 9
- 10
- Pioneer Venus Orbiter
- Venera 15
- 16
- Magellan
- Venus Express
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| Descent probes |
- Venera 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- Pioneer Venus Multiprobe
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| Landers |
- Venera 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- Vega 1
- 2
- Pioneer Venus Day Probe
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| Balloon probes |
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| Future missions |
- Venus Entry Probe
- Venera-D
- Venera-Glob
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| Proposed missions |
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| See also |
- Colonization of Venus
- List of artificial objects on Venus
- Manned Venus Flyby
- TMK-Mavr
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- Bold italics indicates active missions
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← · Orbital launches in 1965 · →
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Kosmos 52 | OPS 3928 | OPS 7040 | OV1-1 | TIROS-9 | OPS 4703 | Kosmos 53 | OSO-2 | LES-1 | DS-P1-Yu No.2 | Apollo A-103 · Pegasus 1 | Ranger 8 | DS-A1 No.6 | Kosmos 54 · Kosmos 55 · Kosmos 56 | Kosmos 57 | OPS 4782 | Kosmos 58 | Surveyor SD-1 | Kosmos 59 | NRL PL142 · GGSE-2 · GGSE-3 · SECOR-3 · Solrad 7B · Surcal 4 · Dodecapole 1 · Oscar 3 | OPS 7087 · SECOR-2 | Kosmos 60 | OPS 4920 | Kosmos 61 · Kosmos 62 · Kosmos 63 | OPS 7353 | Voskhod 2 | Ranger 9 | Gemini III | Kosmos 64 | OPS 4803 | OPS 4682 · SECOR-4 | Intelsat I F1 | Luna E-6 No.8 | Kosmos 65 | Molniya 1-01 | OPS 4983 · OPS 6717 | Explorer 27 | OPS 5023 | LES-2 · LCS-1 | Kosmos 66 | Luna 5 | OPS 8431 | OPS 8386 | Apollo A-104 · Pegasus 2 | Kosmos 67 | OPS 5236 | OV1-3 | Explorer 28 | Gemini IV | Luna 6 | OPS 8425 | Kosmos 68 | Titan 3C-7 | OPS 8480 | Kosmos 69 | OPS 5501 · OPS 6749 | TIROS-10 | Kosmos 70 | OPS 5810 | Zenit-2 No.28 | Kosmos 71 · Kosmos 72 · Kosmos 73 · Kosmos 74 · Kosmos 75 | Proton 1 | OPS 8411 | Zond 3 | OPS 5543 | OPS 6577 · OPS 6564 · ERS-17 | Kosmos 76 | Apollo A-105 · Pegasus 3 | Kosmos 77 | OPS 5698 · OPS 6761 | SEV · SECOR-5 | Surveyor SD-2 | OPS 8464 · Dodecapole 2 · Tempsat-1 · Long Rod · Calsphere 4A · Surcal 5 | Kosmos 78 | OPS 7208 | Gemini V (REP) | Kosmos 79 | OSO-C | OPS 3373 | Kosmos 80 · Kosmos 81 · Kosmos 82 · Kosmos 83 · Kosmos 84 | Kosmos 85 | OPS 8068 | Kosmos 86 · Kosmos 87 · Kosmos 88 · Kosmos 89 · Kosmos 90 | OPS 7221 | Kosmos 91 | OPS 7208 | Luna 7 | OV1-2 | OPS 5325 | OGO-2 | Molniya 1-02 | OV2-1 · LCS-2 | Kosmos 92 | Kosmos 93 | GATV 5002 | Kosmos 94 | OPS 2155 | Proton 2 | Kosmos 95 | Explorer 29 | OPS 8293 · OPS 6232 | Venera 2 | Venera 3 | Solrad 8 | Kosmos 96 | Kosmos 97 | Astérix | Kosmos 98 | Alouette 2 · Explorer 31 | Luna 8 | Gemini VII | FR-1 | OPS 7249 | Kosmos 99 | Gemini VIA | Pioneer 6 | Kosmos 100 | Kosmos 101 | OV2-3 · LES-3 · LES-4 · Oscar 4 | OPS 1509 | OPS 4639 | Kosmos 102 | Kosmos 103 | DS-K-40 No.1
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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.
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