NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Viking 1

Launch Time
Wed Aug 20, 1975 21:22 UTC

Rocket

Titan IIIE
Martin Marietta
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 12,769 kN
Payload to LEO: 15,400 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 48.8 m

Mission Details

Viking 1

Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. On July 20, 1976, it became the second spacecraft to soft-land on Mars, and the first to successfully perform its mission.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,530.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1975

79th orbital launch attempt

Titan III

87th mission
5th mission of 1975
75th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission