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Atlas Agena B | Ranger 7

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 28, 1964, 4:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar impactor which successfully reached the surface after transmitting 7,137 photographs.

Lunar Impactor
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Atlas Agena D | Vela 2A & 2B

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 17, 1964, 8:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Vela (meaning "watchman" in Spanish) series of spacecraft were designed to monitor worldwide compliance with the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty.

Elliptical Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 20

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 15, 1964, 11:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 10, 1964, 11:14 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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Vostok | Elektron-3 &4

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 10, 1964, 9:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Elektron was one of the earliest Soviet scientific satellite missions to be authorized following the initial Sputnik (D-1) series.

Elliptical Orbit
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Atlas Agena D | KH-7 9

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 6, 1964, 6:51 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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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-698BK Group 2-D 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 2, 1964, 11:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 3

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 1, 1964, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Centaur | AC-3 Instrumentation Ring

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
June 30, 1964, 2:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Test flight of the cryogenic Centaur stage.

Low Earth Orbit
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Scout X-4 | ESRS

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 25, 1964, 1:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

ESRS (Environmental Sciences Research Satellite, also (Research Satellite for Environmental Sciences) was a small magnetosperic research satellite built by the US Air Force Cambridge Research Lab.

Low Earth Orbit
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