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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Mariner 7
United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 36A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Mariner 7
- Type
- Robotic Exploration
- Target orbit
- Mars flyby (Mars flyby)
Mariner 6 and 7 comprised a dual-spacecraft mission to Mars, the sixth and seventh missions in the Mariner series of spacecraft used for planetary exploration in the flyby mode. The primary objectives of the missions were to study the surface and atmosphere of Mars during close flybys to establish the basis for future investigations, particularly those relevant to the search for extraterrestrial life, and to demonstrate and develop technologies required for future Mars missions and other long-duration missions far from the Sun.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- SLV-3C Centaur
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4706, -80.5422