Previous Spaceflight Launches
Filter by Agency, Locations or Vehicles
Show All Launches
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 25
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 15, 1966, 8:30 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
Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-U1-G 1
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Feb. 11, 1966, 6 p.m.
Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 35
RKK Energiya | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 10, 1966, 8:40 a.m.
Scout X-4A | Reentry 4B
Vought | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Feb. 10, 1966, 12:55 a.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-770 Group 3-D 2
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 9, 1966, 7:45 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 2
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 5, 1966, 12:19 p.m.
Thor Delta C | ESSA 1
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 3, 1966, 7:41 a.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 29
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 2, 1966, 9:32 p.m.
Molniya-M | Luna-9
Russian Space Forces | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 31, 1966, 11:41 a.m.
Scout A | Transit-O 7
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 28, 1966, 5:06 p.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
