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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 5

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 25, 1966, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Pageos

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 24, 1966, 12:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The PAGEOS (Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a 30.48 m inflatable sphere, and had no instrumentation on board.

Polar Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 34

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 21, 1966, 9:31 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 19

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 17, 1966, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIC | IDCSP 1 to 7

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 16, 1966, 2 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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Scout B | OV3-4

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
June 10, 1966, 4:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OV3 (Orbiting Vehicle 3) series were experimental satellites based on an octagonal bus structure. These were the only in the OV series launched on dedicated launchers.

Polar Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | RTS-1 1

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 9, 1966, 8:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The RTS-1 (Research Test Series 1), also known as MIDAS-RTS-1 or AFP-461, was an extension to the MIDAS program of early warning satellites.

Polar Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2 39

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 8, 1966, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena B | OGO 3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 7, 1966, 2:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) series was a series of large, complex research satellites.

Elliptical Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 29

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 3, 1966, 7:25 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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