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Atlas Agena D | KH-7 2

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 6, 1963, 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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-5 9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 29, 1963, 8:31 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-5 (Keyhole 5, codenamed Argon) was the area survey component of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Little Joe II | QTV

Convair | United States of America
White Sands Missile Range
Aug. 28, 1963, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First test flight of the Little Joe II rocket.

Suborbital
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 25, 1963, 12:29 a.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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X-15 | Flight 91

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Aug. 22, 1963, 6:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

X-15 Flight 91 was a 1963 American crewed mission, and the second and final flight in the program to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight—a flight over 100 km in altitude. It was the highest flight of the X-15 program.

Suborbital
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Aug. 22, 1963, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

DS-A1 satellite designed to test techniques and equipment for communication and navigation systems.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1 3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Aug. 6, 1963, 6:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-P1 series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-6 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 31, 1963, midnight
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-6 (Keyhole 6, codenamed Lanyard) was an early attempt to gain higher resolution imagery, which flew only one successful mission in 1963. It was part of the Corona program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-1

Vought | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 30, 1963, 4:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radio astronomy mission

Suborbital
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Thor Delta B | Syncom 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 26, 1963, 2:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Syncom 2 was the first geosynchronous satellite. Although the period was 24 hours and the spacecraft remained at a nearly constant longitude, the orbit was inclined at 33 degrees so it was not truly geostationary but moved in an elongated figure eight pattern 33 degrees north and south of the equator.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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