1962 · United States Air Force
Mariner 2
successAtlas Agena B | Mariner 2
Backup of Mariner 1, designed to flyby Venus. It passed below the planet at a closest distance of 34,773 km.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 27, 1962 at 06:53 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 12
- Mission
- Mariner 2
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit achieved
- Venus flyby