LAUNCH MISSION

USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur Mariner 8

Name: USAF Atlas SLV-3C Centaur Mariner 8
Start: 1971-05-09T01:11:02.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 36A

Status

Failure

DATE

9 MAY 1971

LAUNCH PROVIDER

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Description

Mars orbiter designed to map 70% of the Martian surface and study temporal changes in the Martian atmosphere and surface.

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur

Rocket Description

The Atlas-Centaur was a US expendable launch vehicle derived from the SM-65 Atlas D missile. Launches were conducted from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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