Launch vehicle
Titan IIIE
- Height
- 48.8 m
- Diameter
- 3.05 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 7
- First flight
- 1974-02-11
Historical mission record
This page records Titan IIIE | Viking 1 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Titan IIIE
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Destination orbit
- Heliocentric N/A
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Programs
- NASA Large Strategic Science Missions
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Recorded timing
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch site
DestinationHeliocentric N/A
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