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Thor Delta N | OSO 6

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 9, 1969, 7:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

OSO (Orbital Solar Observatory) satellite. Its purpose was to return data on the ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma ray emissions of the sun and galaxy.

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Proton / UR-500 K/D | Zond 7

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 7, 1969, 11:48 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Tsiklon-2 | IS-GVM 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 6, 1969, 5:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mass model of the I2P interceptor satellites used on Tsiklon-2 test flights

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Strawman 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 31, 1969, 10:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Strawman series of ELINT/SIGINT satellites, known for decades only as "Heavy Ferrets", are the fourth variation of Agena-based ELINT satellites. These satellites were designed to detect, map and investigate SAM and ABM radars.

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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 26, 1969, 2:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.

Geostationary Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 24, 1969, 1:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 23

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 23, 1969, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

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Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 23, 1969, 4:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DSAP-4B (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 4B) was the sixth version of the military meteorological satellites of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 12

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 22, 1969, 12:55 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2 76

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 1969, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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