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Viking 2
Titan IIIELockheed MartinSpace Launch Complex 41
Tuesday, September 9, 1975 · 06:39 PM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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.
PayloadViking 2
OrbitHeliocentric N/A
CustomerNASA Large Strategic Science Missions
Stages0
PadSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Site lock
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.583°N, 80.583°W
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
