Mariner 3
Atlas Agena D
United States Air Force
Mission
Mariner 3
- Type: Robotic Exploration
- Orbit: Mars flyby
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
Space Launch Complex 13
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Space Launch Complex 13 has witnessed the launch of 21 rockets, including 21 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, has been the site for 943 rocket launches.
Rocket
Convair Atlas LV-3 Agena D
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
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
