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Thor Delta B | Relay 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 21, 1964, 9:14 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Relay 2, although principally a communications satellite, carried particle experiments designed to map the trapped radiation belt.

Elliptical Orbit

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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | DSAP-1 F6 & F7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 19, 1964, 10:59 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorologal satellites of the USA.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Poppy 5A, 5B & 5C

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 11, 1964, 8:07 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit

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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4 26

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 21, 1963, 9:45 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite. KH-4 24 also carried the RM 5 radiometer payload for background measurements for the MIDAS program.

Low Earth Orbit

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Thor Delta B | Tiros 8

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 21, 1963, 9:30 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Scout X-4 | Explorer 19

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 19, 1963, 6:49 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Explorer 19 was the second in a series of 3.66-m inflatable spheres placed into orbit to determine atmospheric densities.

Low Earth Orbit

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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 15

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 19, 1963, 9:28 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit

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Atlas Agena D | KH-7 4

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 18, 1963, 9:45 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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