Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit
Mars flyby (Mars flyby)
Location
Unknown
Date
Thu, Nov 5, 1964, 19:22
Weather
Pro