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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-I 1
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
May 24, 1966, 5:31 a.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 33
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 24, 1966, 2 a.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 4
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 19, 1966, 7:30 p.m.
Scout A | Transit-O 9
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 19, 1966, 2:27 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 OrbitAtlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 9
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 17, 1966, 3:15 p.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-4 18
Soviet Space Program | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 17, 1966, 11 a.m.
Thor SLV-2A Agena B | Nimbus 2
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1966, 7:55 a.m.
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 28
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 14, 1966, 7:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitVostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 4
RKK Energiya | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 11, 1966, 2:10 p.m.
Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 38
RKK Energiya | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 6, 1966, 10:58 a.m.
