Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Mars orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1975-083; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 September 1975, 18:39:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Titan IIIE
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 24 July 1978
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Viking 2
Mars orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S08199
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Launch mass
- 2,328 kg
- Propulsion
- RS-2101C
- Dimensions
- 3.3 m long · 2 m diameter · 9.8 m span
Viking Lander 2
Mars lander.
- GCAT ID
- S09408
- Manufacturer
- Martin Marietta/Denver
- Launch mass
- 685 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 2.8 m diameter · 2.8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Viking 2.
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