PDS_VERSION_ID = PDS3 RECORD_TYPE = STREAM LABEL_REVISION_NOTE = "NULL" OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST INSTRUMENT_HOST_ID = "VO1" OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_INFORMATION INSTRUMENT_HOST_NAME = "VIKING ORBITER 1" INSTRUMENT_HOST_TYPE = "SPACECRAFT" INSTRUMENT_HOST_DESC = " Instrument Host Overview ======================== The Viking spacecraft consisted of two orbiters, each with a heat-sterilized lander within a capsule. Together with fuel they each weighed 3530 kg just after launch. After landing, their masses were about 900 kg for the orbiters and 600 kg for each lander. The orbiters, derived from earlier Mariner designs, were powered by solar panels and were stabilized in three axes by use of solar and star sensors in conjunction with attitude control jets. Three remote sensing science investigations resided on the two-axis scan platform: a pair of high resolution slow scan televison framing cameras (the Visual Imaging Subsystem, or VIS); a near-infrared spectrometer for atmospheric water detection (the Mars Atmosphere Water Detector, MAWD); and a visual and thermal infrared radiometer system (Infrared Thermal Mapper, IRTM). The landers each carried two facsimile cameras providing stereo views of the surface; a boom-mounted set of meteorology instruments; an X-ray fluorescence experiment for inorganic chemical analysis of soil; a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer to measure the soil and atmosphere; three biology experiments: the pyrolytic release, labeled release, and gas exchange systems; a seismometer; a magnetic properties experiment. Soil physical properties experiments were carried out using several of the abovementioned systems. Upper atmosphere measurements were performed using detectors on the landers during entry through the atmosphere. Finally, radio science was done using transmitters and receivers on both the orbiters and landers. An extensible arm and scoop system on each lander was programmable to acquire samples of soil and rock for analysis on board the landers and to affect the local environment for visual inspection. Platform Descriptions ===================== SCAN PLATFORM ------------- The three Viking orbiter science instruments are mounted on a scan platform that provides temperature control for them and pointing in two axes: cone and clock. The platform can be rotated in cone and/or clock at rates of 0.25 or 1.0 degree/sec. Subroutines stored in the memory of the on-board computer can be called upon to move the platform in specified patterns. The nominal range of motion possible for the scan platform is from 45 to 175 degrees cone and 80 to 310 clock; however, there are mechanical constraints that reduce this range. See reference." END_OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_INFORMATION OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_REFERENCE_INFO REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SNYDER1977" END_OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_REFERENCE_INFO OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_REFERENCE_INFO REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SNYDER1979" END_OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_REFERENCE_INFO OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_REFERENCE_INFO REFERENCE_KEY_ID = "SOFFEN1977" END_OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST_REFERENCE_INFO END_OBJECT = INSTRUMENT_HOST END