Venera Data Products

Venera 15 and 16 Radar Mappers

Data from the Venera 15/16 radar mapper experiments in 1983-4 and made available courtesy of the Vernadsky Institute and of the Moscow Power Institute.

Time-Sample Data Online

Bibliography of papers inspired by the Venera 15/16 mission
Altimetry data [3.3 mbytes, compressed]
Description of altimetry data
Radiometry data [2.1 mbytes, compressed]
Description of radiometry data

Radar and Radiometer Images

SAR Image of Maxwell Montes

Radiometry GIF image (parallel polarization)

Radiometry GIF image (perpendicular polarization)

Venera 15 exhibit in Cosmos Museum, Moscow.

refers to whether the E-field lies in the emission plane (parallel), or at right-angles to it (perpendicular).

Lander Images

: Venera 9, 980x234 pixels (GIF).
: Venera 10, 980x250 pixels (GIF).
: Venera 13, 979x438 pixels (GIF and JPEG).
: Venera 14, 983x492 pixels (GIF and JPEG).