Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Mars orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1971-051; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 30 May 1971, 22:23:04 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 27 October 1972
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mariner 9
Mars orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S05261
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Launch mass
- 1,031 kg
- Propulsion
- RS-21/MRE-50
- Dimensions
- 2.3 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 6.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mariner 9.
Verification
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