USAF Atlas LV-3 Agena D Mariner 4

Name: USAF Atlas LV-3 Agena D Mariner 4
Start: 1964-11-28T14:22:01.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 12

Atlas LV-3 Agena D

Status

Success

Date

28 NOV 1964

14:22

Launch Provider

United States Air Force

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Mars flyby probe which passed at a distance of 9,846 km from the Martian surface.

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