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Atlas Agena B | Ranger 6

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 30, 1964, 3:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar impactor which successfully reached the surface but sent no video signal back to Earth.

Lunar Impactor
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Vostok | Elektron-1 & 2

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 30, 1964, 9:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Elektron was one of the earliest Soviet scientific satellite missions to be authorized following the initial Sputnik (D-1) series.

Elliptical Orbit
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Saturn I | Saturn SA-5

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 29, 1964, 4:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First orbital test flight of the Saturn-IV upper stage of the Saturn-1 (Block-2) launch vehicle. The payload consisted of a ballasted and instrumented nosecone attached to the Saturn-IV stage.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena B | Echo 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 25, 1964, 1:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Echo 2 spacecraft was a 41-m balloon of aluminum foil-mylar laminate. Echo 2 was designed as a rigidized passive communications spacecraft for testing propagation, tracking, and communication techniques.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta B | Relay 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 21, 1964, 9:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Relay 2, although principally a communications satellite, carried particle experiments designed to map the trapped radiation belt.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | DSAP-1 F6 & F7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 19, 1964, 10:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 11, 1964, 8:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4 26

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 21, 1963, 9:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 24 also carried the RM 5 radiometer payload for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta B | Tiros 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 21, 1963, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Scout X-4 | Explorer 19

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 19, 1963, 6:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 19 was the second in a series of 3.66-m inflatable spheres placed into orbit to determine atmospheric densities.

Low Earth Orbit
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