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Vega 1 (along with its twin Vega 2) is a Soviet space probe part of the Vega program. The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft. They were designed by Babakin Space Centre and constructed as 5VK by Lavochkin at Khimki.The craft was powered by twin large solar panels and instruments included an antenna dish cameras spectrometer infrared sounder magnetometers (MISCHA) and plasma probes.