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 1969-014; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 25 February 1969, 01:29:02 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 · December 1970
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Mariner VI
Mars flyby.
- GCAT ID
- S03759
- Manufacturer
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Launch mass
- 385 kg
- Propulsion
- MRE-50
- Dimensions
- 0.5 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 5.8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Mariner VI.
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