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Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Sept. 17, 1966, 1:57 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Suborbital launch to test re-entry systems. Reached an apogee of 280 km.

Suborbital

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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 32

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 16, 1966, 5:59 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 41

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 16, 1966, 9:30 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit

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Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4A F1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 16, 1966, 4:36 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

DSAP-4A (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 4A) was the fourth version of the military meteorological satellites of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Titan II GLV | Gemini XI

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 12, 1966, 2:42 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Gemini 11 was the ninth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. It was commanded by Command Pilot Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. and Pulot Richard F. Gordon, Jr. The crew performed a direct-ascent rendezvous with the Agena Target Vehicle on the first orbit and used the Agena rocket engine to put the combined craft in a higher orbit. Astronauts also performed two EVAs and conducted various scientific experiments. The mission started on September 12, 1966, 14:42:26 UTC and, having performed the first totally automatic, computer-controlled reentry, it ended on September 15, 1966, 13:59:35 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit

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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 11

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 12, 1966, 1:05 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The GATV (Gemini Agena Target Vehicle) was designed to be launched into Earth orbit prior to a Gemini mission and used for rendezvous and docking practice.

Low Earth Orbit

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 22

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 27, 1966, 9:50 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit

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Titan IIIC | IDCSP 8 to 14

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 26, 1966, 1:59 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

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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