The Viking Flight Team and ground system must operate in an integrated manner with the two orbiters and two landers to acquire the scientific data that will significantly increase our knowledge of Mars. Viking mission requires an adaptive mode of flight operations which permits reflection of the knowledge gained as the mission progresses into subsequent data acquisition operations. This includes reflection of both the knowledge gained about Mars and knowledge as to how well each of the four vehicles and the ground data system are performing. The requirement for adaptive mission operations has imposed special considerations in the Viking mission design, landing site selection, organization of the Flight Team and in the design and development of the operational tools required by this team. A mission operations strategy has been developed which governs the multivehicle adaptive mission operations.


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    Title :

    Viking mission operations


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Technology today for tomorrow; Twelfth Space Congress ; 1975 ; Cocoa Beach, FL


    Publication date :

    1975-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







    Viking mission support

    Amorose, R. J. / Johnston, D. W. H. | NTRS | 1976


    Viking mission support

    Johnston, D. W. H. | NTRS | 1977