Mariner 6, a NASA Mars flyby probe imaging the equatorial region and returning atmospheric data during the 1969 opposition. Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D from Cape Canaveral LC-36B lofted it on 25 February 1969; successful flyby on 31 July 1969.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Mars flyby
- Payload to orbit
- 385 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 17 Atlas SLV-3C Centaur flights
- Date and time
- 25 February 1969, 01:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3C Centaur
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Robotic Exploration
- International designator
- 1969-014
- Launches in 1969
- 19th of 125
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