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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 12

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 7, 1964, 7:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 6, 1964, 5:04 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
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Voskhod | Voskhod-3KV 1

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 6, 1964, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Uncrewed test flight of the Voskhod capsule.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 11

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 5, 1964, 9:50 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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Thor Delta C | Explorer 21

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 4, 1964, 3:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 21 (IMP 2) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.

Elliptical Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 22

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 24, 1964, 12:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 11

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 23, 1964, 8:05 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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Saturn I | Saturn-SA 7

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 18, 1964, 4:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Orbital test flight of the Saturn-IV upper stage of the Saturn-1 (Block-2) launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 10

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 14, 1964, 10:53 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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Voskhod | Zenit-4 4

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 13, 1964, 9:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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