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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 45

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 19, 1967, 12:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIC | IDCSP 8 to 15

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 18, 1967, 2:19 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.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 38

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 14, 1967, 9:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Thor Delta E1 | INTELSAT II F-2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 11, 1967, 10:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Intelsat II series of satellites, first launched in 1966, marked the third generation of communications satellites developed by Hughes.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Multigroup 1 & Setter 1A

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 29, 1966, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 | PRIME 1

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 21, 1966, 10:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Martin X-23 PRIME (Precision Recovery Including Maneuvering Entry) was a small uncrewed lifting body re-entry vehicle tested by the United States Air Force in the late 1960s. PRIME 1 was launched on 21 December 1966 on a mission to simulate a low-earth orbit reentry with a zero cross-range. The ballute deployed at 30.43 km, though the recovery parachute failed to completely deploy. The vehicle crashed into the Pacific Ocean and was not recovered.

Suborbital
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-U2-D 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 21, 1966, 1:12 p.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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Molniya-M | Luna-13

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 21, 1966, 10:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar probe designed to perform a sanft landing on the Moon surface

Lunar Impactor
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Lambda 4S | Ohsumi 2

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Dec. 20, 1966, 2:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ohsumi was a series of five small satellites built to become the first Japanese satellite on orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 44

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 19, 1966, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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