Titan IIIE
SuccessViking 2 · Lockheed Martin
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Sep 9, 1975, 18:39 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Sep 9, 1975, 18:39 UTC – Tuesday, Sep 9, 1975, 18:39 UTC
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Viking 2
Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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 11, 1980 when its batteries failed. The orbiter worked until July 25, 1978, returning almost 16,000 images in 706 orbits around Mars.
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