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Voskhod | Zenit-4 56

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 15, 1969, 8:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 14, 1969, 7:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Identical payload to the Nimbus-B meteorological R&D satellite which was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system less than a year before. It was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced systems for sensing and collecting meteorological data. It was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 13, 1969, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).

Geostationary Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 11

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 11, 1969, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2 73

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 9, 1969, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 20

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 4, 1969, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 55

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 4, 1969, 10:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton | Mars-2c

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 2, 1969, 10:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Mars orbiter lost due to a failure of the rocket's first stage.

Mars Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 5

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 28, 1969, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | Mariner 7

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 27, 1969, 10:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mariner 6 and 7 comprised a dual-spacecraft mission to Mars, the sixth and seventh missions in the Mariner series of spacecraft used for planetary exploration in the flyby mode. The primary objectives of the missions were to study the surface and atmosphere of Mars during close flybys to establish the basis for future investigations, particularly those relevant to the search for extraterrestrial life, and to demonstrate and develop technologies required for future Mars missions and other long-duration missions far from the Sun.

Mars flyby
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