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Viking 2

successTitan IIIE | 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 11, 1980 when its batteries failed. The orbiter worked until July 25, 1978, returning almost 16,000 images in 706 orbits around Mars.

Overview

Date / time
September 9, 1975 at 06:39 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 41
Mission
Viking 2
Mission type
Planetary Science
Orbit achieved
Heliocentric N/A
Launch vehicle
Titan IIIE →
Launch provider
Lockheed Martin →

Payloads deployed · 2

VIKING 2 LANDER
Mars
VIKING 2 ORBITER
Mars