Viking 2 was an American Mars mission spacecraft consisting of an orbiter and lander nearly identical to Viking 1. The lander operated on the Martian surface for 1,316 days, or 1,281 sols, before its batteries failed in 1980, while the orbiter functioned until July 25, 1978, returning about 16,000 images from 706 orbits of Mars. The orbiter was built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the lander by Martin Marietta.
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1. Viking 2 (Wikipedia)
- the Viking 2 lander operated on the surface for 1,316 days...was turned off on April 12, 1980
Viking 2 article, lead section
The Viking 2 lander operated on the surface for 1,316 days, or 1281 sols, and was turned off on April 12, 1980, when its batteries eventually failed.
- Viking 2 article, infobox
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part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander
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The Viking 2 mission is part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission.
Mission Of: Viking Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
The Viking 2 mission is part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the Viking 1 mission.
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