Lockheed Martin Titan IIIE Viking 2
Titan IIIE
Status
Success
Date
9 SEP 1975
18:39
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Titan IIIE
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Heliocentric N/A
Stages
4
Livestream
Not available