Atlas Agena D | Mariner 3

Name: Atlas Agena D | Mariner 3
Start: 1964-11-05T19:22:05Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: November 5, 1964 at 07:22 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Atlas Agena D
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission type: Robotic Exploration