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Voskhod | Zenit-2 77

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 24, 1969, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Proton | Luna-16a

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 23, 1969, 2:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Lunar lander and sample return probe

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 52

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 22, 1969, 9:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4A (Keyhole-4A) was the fifth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

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Lambda 4S | Ohsumi 4

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Sept. 22, 1969, 2:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ohsumi was a series of five small satellites built to become the first Japanese satellite on orbit.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 65

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 18, 1969, 8:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 21

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 15, 1969, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Missile equipped with the 8F021 warhead

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 64

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 2, 1969, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 63

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 29, 1969, 9:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor Delta L | Pioneer E

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 27, 1969, 9:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Pioneer A to E (Pioneer 6 to 9 after launch) were a series of five solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space on a continuing basis.

Heliocentric N/A
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Titan 23B | KH-8 23

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 23, 1969, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 Block 2 high resolution reconnaissance satellite.

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