Mercury
Mariner 10
Venus/Mercury probe.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Venus/Mercury probe. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1973-085; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 3 November 1973, 05:45:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A General Dynamics Atlas SLV-3 rocket launched the Mariner 10 mission on Saturday, November 3, 1973 at 5:45 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- General Dynamics
- Vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1973-085
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Nov 3, 1973, 05:45 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Nov 03 1973
- Pad and location
- LC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 24 March 1975
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mariner 10
Venus/Mercury probe.
- GCAT ID
- S06919
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Space Center, Kent
- Launch mass
- 502 kg
- Propulsion
- MRE-50
- Dimensions
- 3.7 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 7.6 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mariner 10.
Verification
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