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Titan IIIE
Launched 1975-09-09 18:39 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Heliocentric N/A
Worldwide
87th
orbital launch attempt in 1975
Lockheed Martin
2nd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 41
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
19 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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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