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Scout A | Transit-O 18

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 2, 1968, 3:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.

Polar Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 1

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 20, 1968, 4 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-V 4

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Feb. 20, 1968, 10:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-U2-V satellites were Soviet scientific satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program. They investigated ionospheric phenomenons.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Ye-6LS 112

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 7, 1968, 10:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Luna Ye-6LS was series of lunar orbiters built to test tracking and communications networks for the Soviet crewed lunar program.

Lunar Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 38

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 6, 1968, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 45

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 24, 1968, 10:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Saturn IB | Apollo 5

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 22, 1968, 10:48 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Apollo 5 mission tested the Lunar Module in a space environment, in particular its descent and ascent engine systems, and its ability to separate the ascent and descent stages. The descent engine would become the first throttleable rocket engine fired in space.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 2

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 19, 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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Titan IIIB | KH-8 11

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 18, 1968, 7:04 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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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Multigroup 3 & Setter 1B-2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 17, 1968, 10:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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