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.
Vehicle
Atlas LV-3 Agena D
Atlas · Agena D
Height
36 m
Diameter
3 m
LEO capacity
1,000 kg
Successful launches
15
Launch complex
Space Launch Complex 13
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.