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1976-0496
VIKING 2 LANDER
VIKING 2 LANDER (NORAD 9408) landed on Mars on 3 September 1976, 11 months after launch.
Official date
NORAD number
9408
International designator
1975-083C
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
9 Sep 1975Cape Canaveral
Flight ended (UTC)
3 Sep 1976Recorded time 22:37 UTC
Time in orbit
11 months360 days
How it ended
Landed on Mars
Final destination
Mars
Mass
685 kg
Operator
NASA LaRC
Built by
MM/Denver
Bus
Viking Lander
Programme
Viking
Life in orbit
11 monthsFrom the same launch
1975-083
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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