ocr: G9 O7 VIKING 1AND2 LANDER EQUPEMENTO The lander The lander, weighing 1193 kilos, is composed of a landing system and a ground station. The landing system has two main elements: a shield and a parachute. The: shield, made of1 fiberglass on an aluminum structure, iss shaped like a cone with a 140'opening. Its base diameter is 3.6 meters and it measures 1.91 meters in height. The shield's function is to: slow the lander's speed as it enters the thicker layers of the Martian atmosphere beginning at. an altitude of 240 kilometers. Maximal deceleration occurs between 30 and 24 kilometers of altitude ...
