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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 27

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 19, 1966, 7:15 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 Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | OAO 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 8, 1966, 7:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

OAO 1 (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 1) was a solar-cell-powered satellite instrumented to make precision astronomical observations and to measure the absorption and emission characteristics of the stars, planets, nebulae, and the interplanetary and interstellar media from visible to gamma-ray regions.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Centaur D | Surveyor M-2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 8, 1966, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dummy payload

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 31

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 7, 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 17

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 6, 1966, 11:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Luna-10

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 31, 1966, 10:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar probe which successfully entered lunar orbit on April 3.

Lunar Orbit
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Thor Burner 1 | DSAP-2 F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 31, 1966, 5:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DSAP-2 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 2) satellites series consisted of three modified DSAP-1 military meteorological satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas D | OV1-4 & 5

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 30, 1966, 9:20 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya 8K78 | Molniya-1 3a

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 27, 1966, 7:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Scout A | Transit-O 8

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg 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 Orbit
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