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Mariner 9
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 30 May 1971, 10:23 pm UTC
Rocket: Atlas SLV-3C Centaur (Atlas)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Robotic Exploration
Orbit: Mars Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Mars orbiter designed to map 70% of the Martian surface and study temporal changes in the Martian atmosphere and surface.