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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 14

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 4, 1964, 7 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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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-2 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 1, 1964, 8:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Second DS-2 satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya 8K78 | Zond-2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 30, 1964, 1:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars flyby probe

Mars flyby
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Atlas Agena D | Mariner 4

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 28, 1964, 2:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mars flyby probe which passed at a distance of 9,846 km from the Martian surface.

Mars flyby
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Scout X-4 | Explorer 24 & 25

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 21, 1964, 5:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 24 was placed in orbit together with Explorer 25 from a single launch vehicle. Explorer 24 was identical in configuration to the previously launched balloon satellites Explorer 9 and 19. The spacecraft was 3.6 m in diameter, was built of alternating layers of aluminum foil and plastic film, and was covered uniformly with 5.1-cm white dots for thermal control. It was designed to yield atmospheric density near perigee as a function of space and time from sequential observations of the sphere's position in orbit.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 14

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 18, 1964, 8:35 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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Nike Cajun | Trailblazer Pellet

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Nov. 7, 1964, 1:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Test mission. Reached an apogee of 110 km.

Suborbital
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Scout X-4 | Explorer 23

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Nov. 6, 1964, 12:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Explorer 23 or S 55c micrometeoroid satellite was the third in the series of S 55 micrometeoroid satellites orbited by NASA.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Agena D | Mariner 3

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 5, 1964, 7:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mariner 3 was a 260 kg solar-cell and battery-powered spacecraft designed to make scientific measurements in the vicinity of Mars and to obtain photographs of the planet's surface and transmit these to Earth.

Mars flyby
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-698BK Group 3-D 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 4, 1964, 2:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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