Viking 2 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
9 Sep 1975, 6:39pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Viking 2
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Destination
Mars Lander
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.
Updated: Feb 15, 9:23pm UTC
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