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Thor Delta J | RAE 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 4, 1968, 5:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The RAE A (Radio Astronomy Explorer A) spacecraft measured the intensity of celestial radio sources, particularly the sun, as a function of time, direction, and frequency (0.2 to 20 MHz).

Medium Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 43

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 26, 1968, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 2

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 21, 1968, noon
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.

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 47

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 20, 1968, 9:46 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 42

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 18, 1968, 6:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K65 | Strela-2 4

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 15, 1968, 12:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The Strela-2 satellites were prototypes of the second component of the Strela store-dump communication system. It consisted of larger single satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIC | IDCSP 20 to 27

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 13, 1968, 2:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications satellite Program) provided the Pentagon with its first near-geosynchronous communications system and replaced the cancelled ADVENT project.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 10

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 12, 1968, 1:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U1-Ya 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
June 11, 1968, 9:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate cosmic rays and flows of charged particles in the Earth's magnetosphere.

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Titan IIIB | KH-8 14

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 5, 1968, 5:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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