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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 13

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
May 24, 1968, 7:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F1

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 18

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 20, 1968, 10:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Missile equipped with the 8F021 warhead

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus B

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 18, 1968, 8:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The Nimbus-B meteorological R&D satellite was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced systems for sensing and collecting meteorological data. It was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system.

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Scout B | ESRO 2B

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 17, 1968, 2:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ESRO 2 (European Space Research Organisation), Iris (International Radiation Investigation Satellite) was a 75 kg spin-stabilized spacecraft.

Polar Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 7, 1968, 1:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4B 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 1, 1968, 9:31 p.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-U2-D 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 26, 1968, 4:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-U2-D satellites were a series of Soviet technolgy demonstration satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program.

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R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 17

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1968, 12:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Missile equipped with the 8F021 warhead

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Tsiklon-2A | I2M 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 24, 1968, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The I2M satellites were maneuverable target satellites for the I2P coorbital ASAT satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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