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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | Mariner 5

Mariner 5

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Launch Details

Date: 14 June 1967, 06:01 am UTC

Rocket: Atlas SLV-3 Agena D (Atlas)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Robotic Exploration

Orbit: Venus flyby

Pad: Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

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.