LAUNCH MISSION

USAF Atlas LV-3 Agena D Mariner 3

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3 Agena D Mariner 3
Start: 1964-11-05T19:22:05.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 13

Status

Success

DATE

5 NOV 1964

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 13

Description

Mariner 3 was a 260 kg solar-cell and battery-powered spacecraft designed to make scientific measurements in the vicinity of Mars and to obtain photographs of the planet's surface and transmit these to Earth.

Atlas LV-3 Agena D

Rocket Description

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

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