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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-M 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Nov. 26, 1965, 12:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-U2-M satellites were Soviet technological demonstrations satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program. They tested atomic clocks in space.

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Molniya 8K78 | Venera-4a

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 23, 1965, 3:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Venus flyby probe

Venus flyby
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Scout X-4 | Solrad 8

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Nov. 19, 1965, 4:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The NRL Solrad 8 satellite was one of the Solrad series that began in 1960 to provide continuous coverage of solar radiation with a set of standard photometers.

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Molniya 8K78 | Venera-3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 16, 1965, 4:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus flyby and lander probe

Venus flyby
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Molniya 8K78 | Venera-2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 12, 1965, 4:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Venus flyby probe

Venus flyby
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 23

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 8, 1965, 7:30 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.

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Thor Delta E | GEOS A

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 6, 1965, 6:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The GEOS 1 (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a gravity-gradient-stabilized, solar-cell powered unit designed exclusively for geodetic studies.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-V 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Nov. 4, 1965, 5:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-U2-V satellites were Soviet scientific satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program. They investigated ionospheric phenomenons.

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UR-500 | Proton 2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 2, 1965, 12:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.

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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 26

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 28, 1965, 9:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4A (Keyhole-4A) was the fifth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

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