Mariner 8 - rocket launch details

Launch time9 May 197101:11:02 UTC

failure

Orbit: Heliocentric

Serial number: AC-24

Damaged circuit board in Centaur resulted in control failure and engine shutdown at T+365 seconds.

Rocket AtlasCentaur SLV-3C

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-36AUSA

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Mariner 8	Mars probe	-	-