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Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1966, 7:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Nimbus 2, the second in a series of second-generation meteorological research-and-development satellites, added an additional medium-resolution infrared radiometer (MRIR) compared to Nimbus 1.

Polar Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 28

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 14, 1966, 7:02 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 8A92M | Meteor-1 4

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 11, 1966, 2:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 38

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 6, 1966, 10:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 32

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 3, 1966, 7:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 5

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 26, 1966, 10:04 a.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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Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1966, 7:10 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 | OV3-1

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 22, 1966, 9:45 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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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 37

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 20, 1966, 10:40 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 D | KH-7 27

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 19, 1966, 7:15 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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