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Atlas SLV-3 | ATDA
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 1, 1966, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The ATDA (Augmented Target Docking Adapter) had been prepared as a back-up target in case of an GATV (Gemini Agena Target Vehicle) failure. The ATDA was a short cylinder consisting of a target docking adapter cone mounted on front and containing a communications system, a guidance and control system, and a reaction control system. It also had running lights, but unlike the GATV, the ATDA had no propulsive capabilities for orbit changes.
Low Earth OrbitAtlas Centaur D | Surveyor 1
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 30, 1966, 2:41 p.m.
Thor Delta C1 | Explorer 32
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 25, 1966, 2 p.m.
Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-I 1
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
May 24, 1966, 5:31 a.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 33
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 24, 1966, 2 a.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 4
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 19, 1966, 7:30 p.m.
Scout A | Transit-O 9
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 19, 1966, 2:27 a.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 OrbitAtlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 9
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 17, 1966, 3:15 p.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-4 18
Soviet Space Program | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 17, 1966, 11 a.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1966, 7:55 a.m.
