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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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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | Omega 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 13, 1963, 2:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Omega satellites were technology demonstrators to develop technologies for the Meteor-1 satellite program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-5BN 2

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 5, 1963, 9:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Transit navigation satellite equipped with nuclear power.

Polar Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 14

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 28, 1963, 9:19 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | KH-4 25

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 27, 1963, 9:15 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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Atlas Centaur | AC-2 Instrumentation Ring

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 27, 1963, 7:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Test flight of the cryogenic Centaur stage.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta C | Explorer 18

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 27, 1963, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Explorer 18 (IMP 1, Interplanetary Monitoring Platform) was a solar-cell and chemical-battery powered spacecraft instrumented for interplanetary and distant magnetospheric studies of energetic particles, cosmic rays, magnetic fields, and plasmas.

Elliptical Orbit
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