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==Mariner 5== {{Main|Mariner 5}} [[File:Mariner 5.jpg|150px|thumb|Mariner 5]] The [[Mariner 5]] spacecraft was launched to [[Venus]] on June 14, 1967, and arrived in the vicinity of the planet in October 1967. It carried a complement of experiments to probe [[Venus]]' [[atmosphere]] with [[radio waves]], scan its brightness in [[ultraviolet light]], and sample the solar particles and [[magnetic field]] fluctuations above the planet. * Mission: [[Venus]] flyby * Mass: 245 kg (540 lb) * Sensors: ultraviolet photometer, cosmic dust, solar plasma, trapped radiation, [[cosmic rays]], [[magnetic fields]], radio occultation and celestial mechanics Status: Mariner 5 β Defunct and now in a [[heliocentric orbit]].
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