flown missionSuccess
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | Mariner 5
United States Air ForceLaunch Complex 12 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Mariner 5
- Type
- Robotic Exploration
- Target orbit
- Venus flyby (Venus flyby)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- SLV-3 Agena D
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 12
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4806, -80.5419