Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

18:39:00

Tuesday September 9, 1975

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Mission Details

Viking 2

Wiki

The 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 12, 1980 when its batteries failed. The orbiter worked until July 25, 1978, returning almost 16,000 images in 706 orbits around Mars.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

3,530 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Titan IIIE

Active 1974 to 1977


Rocket

Height: 48.8m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 15,400 kg

Liftoff Thrust

12,769 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

SLC-41

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

15 days 22 hours

Stats

Titan III


88th

Mission

6th

Mission of 1975

1975


87th

Orbital launch attempt