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Mariner 2

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time27 Aug 196206:53 UTC

success

Serial number: 179D

First spacecraft to reach the vicinity of another planet.

Rocket AtlasAgena B LV-3

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-12USA

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Mariner 2Venus flyby probe--