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Mariner 5
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D · Robotic Exploration
1967Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Orbit
- Venus flyby
- Pad
- Launch Complex 12
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2