Previous Spaceflight Launches
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Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F3
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 31, 1966, 5:41 a.m.
Atlas D | OV1-4 & 5
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 30, 1966, 9:20 a.m.
Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 3a
Strategic Rocket Forces | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 27, 1966, 7:20 a.m.
Scout A | Transit-O 8
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 26, 1966, 3:31 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 OrbitUR-500 | Proton 3a
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 24, 1966, 2:39 p.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-4 16
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 1966, 9:40 a.m.
Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 26
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 18, 1966, 8 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 OrbitTrailblazer 2 | Trailblazer Pellet
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaWallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
March 18, 1966, 1:15 a.m.
Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 36
RKK Energiya | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 17, 1966, 10:28 a.m.
Titan II GLV | Gemini VIII
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 16, 1966, 4:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Gemini 8 was the sixth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. The mission was commanded by Command Pilot Neil A. Armstrong and Pilot David R. Scott. Gemini 8 conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, but suffered the first critical in-space system failure of a U.S. spacecraft which threatened the lives of the astronauts and required immediate abort of the mission. The mission began on March 16, 1966, 16:41:02 UTC and ended on March 17, 1966, 03:22:28 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
