United States Air Force

Mariner 5

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, June 14, 1967 · 06:01 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Robotic Exploration

Orbit

Venus flyby (Venus flyby)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas SLV-3 Agena D

Variant: SLV-3 Agena D

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 12

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.481° N, 80.542° W

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