USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D Mariner 5

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3 Agena D Mariner 5
Start: 1967-06-14T06:01:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 12

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

14 JUN 1967

06:01

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

The Mariner 5 spacecraft was the fifth in a series of spacecraft used for planetary exploration in the flyby mode. Mariner 5 was a refurbished backup spacecraft for the Mariner 4 mission and was converted from a Mars mission to a Venus mission.

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Venus flyby

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

36 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

155 T

Thrust

1,340 kN