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Proton | Mars-2b

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 27, 1969, 10:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Mars orbiter lost due to a failure of the rocket's third stage.

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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 1 (12L)

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 26, 1969, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 54

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 24, 1969, 10:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2 72

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 22, 1969, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 50

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 19, 1969, 9:38 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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Atlas F | OV1-17,18,19

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 18, 1969, 7:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OV1 (Orbiting Vehicle 1) were small research satellite to be launched piggy back on Atlas ICBM test flights. They consisted in general of the OV1 satellite and the OV1-PM propulsion module (or upper stage) to reach orbit.

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Kosmos-3M | Sfera 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 17, 1969, 4:40 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.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 53

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 15, 1969, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 52

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 6, 1969, 12:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos-3M | Tselina-O 4

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 5, 1969, 5:25 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.

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