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Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer C

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
April 29, 1965, 2:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The BE (Beacon Explorer) satellites provided Laser reflectors for geodetic measurements as well measured the electron density in the ionosphere.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 17

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 28, 1965, 9:15 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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Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 23, 1965, 1:55 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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Voskhod | Zenit-4 6

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 17, 1965, 9:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Molniya 8K78 | Luna-5d

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 10, 1965, 8:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Failed to achieve orbit.

Lunar Orbit
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Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-9

Vought | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 9, 1965, 6:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mission to study the magnetosphere

Suborbital
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Thor Delta D | Early Bird

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 6, 1965, 11:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Early Bird, also known as Intelsat I, the world's first commercial communications satellite, was built for the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company, later Hughes Space and Communications Company.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | SNAPSHOT-1

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 3, 1965, 9:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental satellite equipped with a nuclear power system and a cesium ion engine.

Polar Orbit
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Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-4

Vought | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 30, 1965, 4:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mission to study the magnetosphere

Suborbital
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 18

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 25, 1965, 9:11 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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