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Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | OGO 6

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 5, 1969, 2:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) series was a series of large, complex research satellites.

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Titan IIIB | KH-8 22

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 3, 1969, 4:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 or Gambit-3 was the second generation of Gambit high resolution reconnaissance satellites.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 22

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 3, 1969, 12:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 58

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 29, 1969, 6:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 21

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 27, 1969, 12:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

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Titan IIIC | Vela 5A & 5B

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 23, 1969, 7:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Like its predecessor, the Vela, the Advanced Vela series of spacecraft were designed to monitor worldwide compliance with the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty.

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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
May 22, 1969, 2 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 57

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 20, 1969, 8:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Saturn V | Apollo 10

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 18, 1969, 4:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Apollo 10 was Command by Thomas P. Stafford, Command Module Pilot John W. Young, and Lunar Module Pilot Eugene A. Cernan. This mission was a F Mission which means a dress rehearsal for the upcoming Apollo 11 Mission that would be the first crewed mission to land on the moon.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2 74

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 13, 1969, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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