Mariner 5, a NASA Venus flyby probe rebuilt from a Mariner 4 Mars spare. Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D from Cape Canaveral LC-12 lofted it on 14 June 1967; closest approach ~4,000 km on 19 October 1967 returned atmosphere and magnetic-field data.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Venus flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 245 kg
- Flight
- 46th
- of 48 Atlas SLV-3 Agena D flights
- Date and time
- 14 June 1967, 06:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3 Agena D
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 12, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1967-060
- Launches in 1967
- 65th of 139
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