Planetary Science
VIKING 1 LANDER
DecayedPlanetary ScienceMars
A lander is a spacecraft that descends towards, then comes to rest on the surface of an astronomical body other than Earth. In contrast to an impact probe, which makes a hard landing that damages or destroys the probe upon reaching the surface, a lander makes a soft landing after which the probe remains functional.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 20, 1975 at 09:22 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Titan IIIE →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- Viking 1
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Mars
- Reference body
- Mars
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1975-075C
- NORAD catalog №
- 9024
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 20, 1976
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 20, 1976
- Time in service
- 335 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Mars.
- Final status
- Decayed