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Voskhod | Zenit-2M 1

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 1968, 9:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-2M (Gektor, 11F690) was an improved version of the Zenit-2 area surveillance reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 39

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 16, 1968, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 46

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 14, 1968, 10 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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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 9

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 14, 1968, 9:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Titan IIIB | KH-8 12

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 13, 1968, 7:51 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 11K63 | DS-U1-Ya 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
March 6, 1968, 11:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

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Scout B | Explorer 37

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
March 5, 1968, 6:28 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Solar science satellite inserted into an off-nominal orbit.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2 59

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 5, 1968, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-I 3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 5, 1968, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | OGO 5

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 4, 1968, 1:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) series was a series of large, complex research satellites.

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