launched fromUSA

Viking 1

Name: Viking 1
Start: 1975-08-20T21:22:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

AUG 20197521:22:00 UTC

Mars orbiter and lander; lander arrived at Chryse Planitia on July 20, 1976.

LIFTOFF

AUG 20 1975

21:22:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-41Canaveral

aboardTitan III(23)E23E-4intoHeliocentric

Payload