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Titan IIIE
Launched 1975-08-20 21:22 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Heliocentric N/A
Worldwide
79th
orbital launch attempt in 1975
Lockheed Martin
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
253 d 14 h
since the pad's previous launch
Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft (along with Viking 2) sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. On July 20, 1976, it became the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission. Viking 1 held the record for the longest Mars surface mission of 2307 days or 2245 sols until that record was broken by Opportunity on May 19, 2010.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
Launches
80
Successful
77
96%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
48.8m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
15,400kg
Liftoff thrust
12,991kN
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