USAF Atlas LV-3 Agena D Mariner 3

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3 Agena D Mariner 3
Start: 1964-11-05T19:22:05.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 13

Atlas LV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

5 NOV 1964

19:22

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 13

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Atlas LV-3 Agena D

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Mars flyby

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978.

Height

36 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

155 T

Thrust

1,340 kN