Russian Space Forces
| Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation June 4, 1968, 6:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:
The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.
McDonnell Douglas
| United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA May 23, 1968, 4:38 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.