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SuccessMariner 3 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Nov 5, 1964, 19:22 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Nov 5, 1964, 19:22 UTC – Thursday, Nov 5, 1964, 19:22 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Mariner 3
Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Mars flyby (Mars flyby)
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.
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