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Thor Delta N | ESSA 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 16, 1968, 11:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The ESSA series was the second generation of US meterological satellites after the TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) series. They were also called OT (Operational TIROS), TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite).

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 10, 1968, 10:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ATS 4 was a satellite designed to test gravity gradient stabilization at synchronous altitude. It failed to reach the desired altitude, thus was not able to fulfill its mission objectives.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2 64

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 9, 1968, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout B | Explorer 39

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 8, 1968, 8:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 39 was an inflatable sphere, 3.6 m in diameter. It was orbited to make atmospheric density determinations.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4B 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 7, 1968, 9:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIB | KH-8 15

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 6, 1968, 4:30 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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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 6, 1968, 11:08 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).

Geostationary Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 45

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 30, 1968, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton / UR-500 K/D | Soyuz 7K-L1 No.8L

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 21, 1968, midnight
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

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

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 15

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 18, 1968, 7:59 p.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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