Status
Success
Viking 2
Launch Time
Tue Sep 09, 1975 18:39 UTC
Tue Sep 09, 1975 18:39 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Viking 2
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,530.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit
Location
SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1975
87th orbital launch attempt
Titan III
88th mission
6th mission of 1975
76th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission