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Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 8, 1968, 9:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Pioneer A to E (Pioneer 6 to 9 after launch) were a series of five solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space on a continuing basis.

Heliocentric N/A
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Titan IIIB | KH-8 17

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 6, 1968, 7:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 or Gambit-3 was the second generation of Gambit high resolution reconnaissance satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4B 5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 3, 1968, 9:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 1, 1968, 12:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 1

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 31, 1968, 9:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 3

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 30, 1968, 10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz | Soyuz 3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 26, 1968, 8:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Soyuz 3 was a spaceflight mission, which started with the launch on October 26, 1968, 08:34:18 UTC. Flown by Georgy Beregovoy, the Soyuz 7K-OK spacecraft completed 81 orbits over four days. The mission achieved the first Soviet space rendezvous with the uncrewed Soyuz 2, but Beregovoy failed to achieve a planned docking with the spacecraft. During the remaining time on orbit he performed topographical and meteorological observations. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on 30 October 1968, 07:25:03 UTC.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz | Soyuz 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 25, 1968, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 23, 1968, 4:34 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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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 20, 1968, 4:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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