The Mariner 3 or 4 spacecraft, which were identical
Mission type
Mars flyby
Operator
NASA / JPL
COSPAR ID
1964-073A
SATCAT no.
923
Mission duration
Launch failure
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Launch mass
260.8 kilograms (575 lb)
Power
300 watts (at Mars encounter)
Start of mission
Launch date
November 5, 1964, 19:22:05 (1964-11-05UTC19:22:05Z) UTC
Rocket
Atlas LV-3 Agena-D
Launch site
Cape Canaveral LC-13
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Heliocentric
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Mariner 3 (together with Mariner 4 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was one of two identical deep-space probes designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA's Mariner-Mars 1964 project that were intended to conduct close-up (flyby) scientific observations of the planet Mars and transmit information on interplanetary space and the space surrounding Mars, televised images of the Martian surface and radio occultation data of spacecraft signals as affected by the Martian atmosphere back to Earth.[1][2]
Although the launch was initially successful, there was a separation issue and Mariner 3 stopped responding when its batteries ran out of power. It was the third of ten spacecraft within the Mariner program.
^"Mariner Mars 1964 Mechanical Configuration" (PDF). NASA Technical Reports Server. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
^Douglas, D. W. (August 17, 1964). "Spaceflight Operations Plan Mariner Mars '64" (PDF). NASA Technical Reports Server. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
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