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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 10

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 5, 1968, 12:32 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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Scout B | ESRO 1A (Aurorae)

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 3, 1968, 8:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ESRO-1A / Aurorae (European Space Research Organisation) was a 80 kg, cylindrically shaped, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented with seven scientific experiments chosen to measure a comprehensive range of auroral effects.

Elliptical Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 16

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 3, 1968, 12:58 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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R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 20

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 2, 1968, 1:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Missile equipped with the 8F021 warhead

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIC | OV2-5

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 26, 1968, 7:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OV2 (Orbiting Vehicle 2) series satellites were originally built for project ARENTS (Advanced Research Environmental Test Satellite), which was intended to obtain supporting data for the Vela program. After the cancellation of the ARENTS program, the already built hardware was reused for OV2, a low-cost series of experimental satellites, which were to be launched for free on Titan-3C test flights to very different orbits.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 3

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 23, 1968, 7:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-2M (Gektor, 11F690) was an improved version of the Zenit-2 area surveillance reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 4

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 20, 1968, 2:39 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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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 19, 1968, 12:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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.

Geostationary Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 48

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 18, 1968, 9:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 48

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 16, 1968, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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