MISSION NAME
Mariner 3 3
Status
Success
DATE
5 NOV 1964
LAUNCH PROVIDER
United States Air Force
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 13
Description
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.
Atlas LV-3 Agena D
Rocket Description
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.