Mariner 3
Atlas Agena D
United States Air Force
Mission
Mariner 3
Type: Robotic Exploration
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.
Location
Launch Complex 13
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
865 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas LV-3 Agena D – Convair
Family: Atlas
Length: 36 m
Diameter: 3 m
Launch Mass: 155 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1000 kg
The Atlas LV-3 Agena D was manufactured by Convair with the first launch on 1963-07-12. Atlas LV-3 Agena D has 15 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 15 launches. 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.
Agency
United States Air Force
Type: Government
Abbreviation: USAF
Country: USA
