In connection with the Viking project for exploring the planet Mars, two identical spacecraft, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, will be launched in the third quarter of 1975. Upon arrival at the planet, the Viking lander will separate from the Viking orbiter and descend to a soft landing at a selected site on the Mars surface. It was decided to perform a sine vibration test on the Viking spacecraft, in its launch configuration, to qualify it for the booster-induced transient-dynamic environment. It is shown that component-level testing is a cost- and schedule-effective prerequisite to the system-level, sine-vibration test sequences.
The development of sine vibration test requirements for Viking lander capsule components
Annual Meeting on the Cost effectiveness in the environmental sciences ; 1974 ; Washington, DC
1974-01-01
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Thermal design of the Viking lander capsule
NTRS | 1974
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AIAA | 1974
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