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Atlas SLV-3 | PRIME 3

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 20, 1967, 1:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Martin X-23 PRIME (Precision Recovery Including Maneuvering Entry) was a small uncrewed lifting body re-entry vehicle tested by the United States Air Force in the late 1960s. PRIME 3 mission was flown on 19 April 1967 and simulated reentry from low-earth orbit with a 1143 km cross-range. This time, all systems performed perfectly, and the X-23 was successfully recovered.

Suborbital
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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor 3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 17, 1967, 7:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar probe which successfully landed on the surface on April 20. It transmitted 6,300 photos and was visited by the crew of Apollo 12 which returned parts to Earth.

Lunar Impactor
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Scout A | Transit-O 12

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 14, 1967, 3:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.

Polar Orbit
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Lambda 4S | Ohsumi 3

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
April 13, 1967, 2:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ohsumi was a series of five small satellites built to become the first Japanese satellite on orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 28

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 12, 1967, 10:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton / UR-500 K/D | Kosmos 154

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 8, 1967, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | ATS 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 6, 1967, 3:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ATS 2 (Applications Technology Satellite) was a medium altitude, gravity-gradient-stabilized spacecraft designed to test new concepts in spacecraft design, propulsion, and stabilization, take high-quality cloudcover pictures, provide in situ measurements of the aerospace environment, and test improved communication systems.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 48

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 4, 1967, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 40

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 30, 1967, 6:54 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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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 7

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 25, 1967, 6:59 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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