Lockheed Martin
Viking 2
Titan IIIE
SUCCESS
Success
Tuesday, September 9, 1975 · 18:39 UTC
Mission
/01The Viking 2 mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission. The Viking 2 lander operated on the surface for 1316 days, or 1281 sols, and was turned off on April 11, 1980 when its batteries failed. The orbiter worked until July 25, 1978, returning almost 16,000 images in 706 orbits around Mars.
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Titan IIIE
Variant: E
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.583° N, 80.583° W
14
Pad Launches
299
Location Launches
4
Agency Launches
87
Orbital This Year