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X-15 | Flight 143

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Aug. 10, 1965, 7:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Flight 143 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1965. Piloted by Joe H. Engle it reached an altitude of 82.6 km.

Suborbital
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Scout B | SEV

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Aug. 10, 1965, 5:54 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SEV (Scout Evaluation Vehicle) was a NASA launch vehicle evaluation payload to test a new version of the Scout launch vehicle and performing new maneuvers during launch.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 21

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 3, 1965, 7:06 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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Voskhod | Zenit-4 9

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 3, 1965, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Saturn I | Pegasus 3

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 30, 1965, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The mission of the Pegasus spacecraft was to measure meteoroid abundances in the region near the earth.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1-Yu 3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
July 23, 1965, 4:34 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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Atlas Agena D | Vela 3A & 3B

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 20, 1965, 8:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Vela (meaning "watchman" in Spanish) series of spacecraft were designed to monitor worldwide compliance with the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 22

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 19, 1965, 10:01 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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Molniya 8K78 | Zond-3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 18, 1965, 2:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar flyby probe

Lunar flyby
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-770 Group 3-A 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 17, 1965, 5:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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