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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 18
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 25, 1965, 9:11 p.m.
Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 26
RKK Energiya | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 25, 1965, 10 a.m.
Titan II GLV | Gemini III
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 23, 1965, 2:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission of the Gemini program. Mission Command Pilot Gus Grissom and PilotJohn Young flew 3 orbits in a flight that was the last one to be operated from the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. The mission was considered a success and was the first flight to perform an orbital maneuver. Gemini 3 fired its engines for 1 minute and 14 seconds changing its orbit. The mission lasted 4 hours and 52 minutes.
Low Earth OrbitAtlas Agena B | Ranger 9
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 21, 1965, 9:37 p.m.
Voskhod | Voskhod 2
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 18, 1965, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Voskhod 2 carrying Voskhod 3KD spacecraft carried two cosmonauts, Pavel Belyayev & Alexey Leonov, to orbit. The craft was equipped with an inflatable airlock in order to conduct the first ever spacewalk. Alexey Leonov became the first person to do so by performing a 12 minute spacewalk. The mission lasted 1 day, 2 hours, 2 minutes & 17 seconds completing a total of 17 orbits around Earth. The mission had many issues, for example during his spacewalk his spacesuit ballooned up to a point where his suit became stiff. In order to move his limbs again and re-enter the airlock he had to bleed off some of the suit's pressure. After re-entering the capsule,the crew had trouble sealing the hatch, during re-entry the orbital module did not properly disconnect from the landing module causing the spacecraft to spin wildly until turbulence caused them to separate at around 100 km and the automatic landing system failed and the crew had to rely on the manual backup. Earlier troubles meant that spacecraft landed 386 km away from their targeted landing zome in the forests of Upper Kama Upland.
Low Earth OrbitThor MG-18 | DSAP-1 F11
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 18, 1965, 4:43 a.m.
Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 12,13,14
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 15, 1965, 11 a.m.
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 16
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 12, 1965, 7:20 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
Molniya 8K78 | Luna-5c
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 12, 1965, 9:25 a.m.
Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 3
United States Air Force | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 11, 1965, 1:39 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
