The Venera - 10 spacecraft was started by the Proton launch vehicle on June 14, 1975 . On October 25, 1975 the "Venus-10" lander soft-landed on a lit side of the planet in 2200 km from a point of landing of "Venus-9". From the lander television images of a surface of Venus were transferred to Earth. Meanwhile the orbital compartment of Venus-10 station orbited round Venus.