The mission was designed to place the probe in a trajectory to fly over the equator and the southern hemisphere of the Red planet. Transmission of images to Earth began only when the probe reached these points.
Closest approach for Mariner 6 occurred July 31, 1969, at 05:19:07 UT at a distance of 3,431 kilometres (2,132 mi) above the Martian surface.
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