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Viking 1

Titan IIIE

Lockheed Martin

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Viking 1

Type: Planetary Science

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.

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Location

Space Launch Complex 41

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

879 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Rocket

Titan IIIE – Lockheed Martin

  • Family: Titan
  • Length: 48.8 m
  • Diameter: 3.05 m
  • Launch Mass: 632 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 15400 kg

The Titan IIIE was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 1974-02-11. Titan IIIE has 6 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 7 launches.

Agency

Lockheed Martin – LMT

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: LMT
  • Founded: 1953
  • Launchers: Titan | Agena
  • Spacecraft: Hubble | JUNO | InSight
  • Country: USA

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.

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