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Voskhod | Zenit-4 42

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 18, 1968, 6:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K65 | Strela-2 4

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 15, 1968, 12:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The Strela-2 satellites were prototypes of the second component of the Strela store-dump communication system. It consisted of larger single satellites.

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Titan IIIC | IDCSP 20 to 27

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 13, 1968, 2:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications satellite Program) provided the Pentagon with its first near-geosynchronous communications system and replaced the cancelled ADVENT project.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 10

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 12, 1968, 1:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U1-Ya 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
June 11, 1968, 9:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite designed to investigate cosmic rays and flows of charged particles in the Earth's magnetosphere.

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Titan IIIB | KH-8 14

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 5, 1968, 5:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 2

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.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 41

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 4, 1968, 6:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2 62

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 1, 1968, 10:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 14

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 30, 1968, 8:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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