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X-15 | Flight 153

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Oct. 14, 1965, 8:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Flight 153 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 81.1 km.

Suborbital
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | OGO 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 14, 1965, 1:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) series was a series of large, complex research satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 14, 1965, 6 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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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 25

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 5, 1965, 5:45 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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Atlas D | OV1-2

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 5, 1965, 9:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OV1 (Orbiting Vehicle 1) were small research satellite to be launched piggy back on Atlas ICBM test flights. They consisted in general of the OV1 satellite and the OV1-PM propulsion module (or upper stage) to reach orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Luna-7

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 4, 1965, 7:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Impacted the Moon due to a loss of attitude control during the descent towards the surface.

Lunar Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 22

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 30, 1965, 7:23 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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X-15 | Flight 150

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Sept. 28, 1965, 6:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Flight 150 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1965. Piloted by John B. McKay it reached an altitude of 90.0 km.

Suborbital
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 12

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 23, 1965, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 24

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 22, 1965, 9:31 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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