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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 2

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 23, 1969, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Titan IIIB | KH-8 19

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 22, 1969, 7:10 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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Thor Delta C1 | OSO 5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Jan. 22, 1969, 4:48 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

OSO (Orbital Solar Observatory) satellite. Its purpose was to return data on the ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma ray emissions of the sun and galaxy.

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Proton / UR-500 K/D | Soyuz 7K-L1 No.13L

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 20, 1969, 4:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 15, 1969, 7:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 5 mission started with the launch on January 15, 1969, 07:04:57 UTC, carrying Commander Boris Volynov, Flight Engineer Vladislav Volkov and Research Engineer Pyotr Kolodin into orbit. Two days later mission achieved the first ever docking of two crewed spacecrafts, having Soyuz 5 docked with Soyuz 4 spacecraft. Since no connecting tunel had been developed yet, the two cosmonauts had to spacewalk from one vehicle to another. The mission concluded with a hard landing back on Earth on January 18, 1969, 07:59:12 UTC.

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Soyuz | Soyuz 4

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 14, 1969, 7:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 4 mission started with the launch on January 14, 1969, 07:30:00 UTC, carrying Commander Vladimir Shatalov, Flight Engineer Aleksei Yeliseyev and Research Engineer Yevgeny Khrunov into orbit. Two days later mission achieved the first ever docking of two crewed spacecrafts, having Soyuz 4 docked with Soyuz 5 spacecraft. Since no connecting tunel had been developed yet, the two cosmonauts had to spacewalk from one vehicle to another. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on January 17, 1969, 06:50:47 UTC.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2 70

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 12, 1969, 12:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Molniya-M | Venera-6

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 10, 1969, 5:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus lander

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Molniya-M | Venera-5

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 5, 1969, 6:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus lander

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-GF

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1968, 9:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-U2-GF satellite was a Soviet solar research satellite launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program.

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