launched fromUSA

Viking 2

Name: Viking 2
Start: 1975-09-09T18:39:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

SEP 09197518:39:00 UTC

Mars orbiter and lander; lander arrived at Utopia Planitia on September 3, 1976.

LIFTOFF

SEP 09 1975

18:39:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-41Canaveral

aboardTitan III(23)E23E-3intoHeliocentric

Payload