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Interactive three-dimensional model of Mariner IV. Mission information is also available as text below.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Mars flyby. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1964-077; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 28 November 1964, 14:22:01 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas Agena D
- Orbit
- Earth-escape trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 20 December 1967
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mariner IV
Mars flyby.
- GCAT ID
- S00938
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Launch mass
- 261 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.9 m long · 1.3 m diameter · 6.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mariner IV.
Asset provenance
3D model
- Source
- Mariner 4 Spacecraft
- Author
- Salatiel
- Usage
- CC BY 4.0
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