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Titan II GLV | Gemini VIII

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape 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.

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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 8

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 16, 1966, 3 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The GATV (Gemini Agena Target Vehicle) was designed to be launched into Earth orbit prior to a Gemini mission and used for rendezvous and docking practice.

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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 30

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 9, 1966, 10:02 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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Molniya-M | Luna-10a

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 1, 1966, 11:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Lunar probe which was not inserted into a lunar trajectory due to a failure of the Blok-L upper stage.

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Thor Delta E | ESSA 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 28, 1966, 1:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The ESSA series was the second generation of US meterological satellites after the TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) series. They were also called OT (Operational TIROS), TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite).

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Saturn IB | Apollo AS-201

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 26, 1966, 4:12 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Suborbital uncrewed test flight of the Apollo CSM and Saturn IB launch vehicle.

Suborbital
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Voskhod | Voskhod-3KV 3

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 22, 1966, 8:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Long duration test flight of the Voskhod capsule carrying two dogs (Veterok and Ugolyok) which returned safely on Earth after 22 days in orbit.

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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-K-40 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Feb. 21, 1966, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

DS-K-40 was a series of experimental ELINT satellites developed by Yuzhnoye to test technologies for the Tselina-O program.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 15

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 19, 1966, 8:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Diamant A | Diapason D-1A

Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques | France
Interarmy Special Vehicles Test Centre, French Algeria
Feb. 17, 1966, 8:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Diapason was a small cylindrical satellite, 20 cm long and 50 cm in diameter which was used for making geodetic measurements.

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