Mariner 6
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Mariner 6 was a NASA spacecraft launched in 1969 that conducted one of the first successful flyby missions to Mars, returning close-up images and data about the planet’s surface and atmosphere.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mars flyby spacecraft
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space probe ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| closestApproachBody | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closestApproachDate | 1969-07-31 ⓘ |
| closestApproachDistanceFromCenter_km | 3430 ⓘ |
| closestApproachDistanceFromSurface_km | ~3400 ⓘ |
| communicationBand | X-band ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| flybyOf | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mariner 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1969-02-25 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
NERFINISHED
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Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 36A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchState | Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas-Centaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
to measure radiation environment near Mars
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to obtain close-up images of Mars ⓘ to study the Martian atmosphere ⓘ to study the Martian surface ⓘ |
| missionType |
Mars flyby
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planetary science ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
among the first spacecraft to return close-up images of Mars
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helped determine that much of Mars is heavily cratered ⓘ provided early measurements of Martian atmospheric composition and density ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mariner 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryImagingInstrument | television camera system GENERATED ⓘ |
| program | Mariner program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionType | monopropellant hydrazine system ⓘ |
| returnedDataType |
imaging data
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plasma and particle data ⓘ radio science data ⓘ spectrometric data ⓘ |
| returnedImagesCount | ~75 ⓘ |
| scientificInstrument |
celestial mechanics experiment
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charged particle detector ⓘ infrared spectrometer ⓘ plasma analyzer ⓘ radio occultation experiment ⓘ radiometer ⓘ trapped radiation detector ⓘ ultraviolet spectrometer ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Mariner Mars 1969 bus ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | three-axis stabilized ⓘ |
| status | mission completed ⓘ |
| target | Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| twinSpacecraft | Mariner 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.