Editing Viking program (section)

=== Mass Breakdown of Viking Landers === 


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! Item !! Mass,kg (lb)<ref name=MarsLanderRetroprop>{{Cite web |title=Mars Lander Retro Propulsion (IAF-99-S.2.02) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232617757 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website= |language=en |archive-date=|archive-url= |url-status= }}</ref> 
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| Structures and Mechanisms 
|| {{cvt|132|kg|lb}}
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| Propulsion 
|| {{cvt|56|kg|lb}}
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| Pyro and Cabling
|| {{cvt|43|kg|lb}}
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| Thermal Control 
|| {{cvt|36|kg|lb}}
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| Guidance and Control 
|| {{cvt|79|kg|lb}}
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| Power 
|| {{cvt|103|kg|lb}}
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| Communications / Telemetry 
|| {{cvt|57|kg|lb}}
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| Science Instruments 
|| {{cvt|91|kg|lb}}
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| ='''Total Dry Mass'''  || {{cvt|595|kg|lb}} 
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| +Landing Propellant (incl. ~{{cvt|15|kg|lb}} residuals)
|| {{cvt|84|kg|lb}}
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| +Decelerator (incl.lander deorbit propellant)
|| {{cvt|118|kg|lb}}
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| +Aeroshell
|| {{cvt|269|kg|lb}}
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| +Bioshield
|| {{cvt|74|kg|lb}}
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| +Cap
|| {{cvt|54|kg|lb}}
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| ='''Total Launch Mass''' (Lander+Flight Capsule)  || {{cvt|1194|kg|lb}} 
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[[File:Viking control room.jpg|thumb|Viking control room at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], days before the landing of Viking 1.]]