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Mariner 5

successAtlas SLV-3 Agena D | Mariner 5

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.

Overview

Date / time
June 14, 1967 at 06:01 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 12
Mission
Mariner 5
Mission type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit achieved
Venus flyby
Launch vehicle
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

MARINER 5
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