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Thor Delta C | OSO 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 3, 1965, 4:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

OSO (Orbital Solar Observatory) satellite. Its purpose was to return data on the ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma ray emissions of the sun and galaxy.

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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 5

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 1965, 9:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DS-A1 satellite designed to test techniques and equipment for communication and navigation systems.

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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 15

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 23, 1965, 8:06 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.

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Thor Delta C | Tiros 9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 22, 1965, 7:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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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Atlas D | OV1-1

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 21, 1965, 9:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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.

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Titan II GLV | Gemini II

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 19, 1965, 2:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Uncrewed test flight of the Gemini capsule.

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Thor MG-18 | DSAP-1 F10

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 19, 1965, 5:03 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.

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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 16

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 15, 1965, 9 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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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 25

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 11, 1965, 9:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Quill 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 21, 1964, 7:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

This Quill mission was the first radar reconnaissance sat developed by the NRO in the P-40 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) proof-of-concept program.

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