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Scout X-2 | P-21A

Vought | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
March 29, 1962, 7:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Aeronomy mission

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-2 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
March 16, 1962, 11:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First DS-2 satellite. It re-entered the atmosphere on May 25, 1962.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Samos 6

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 7, 1962, 10:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

High-resolution reconnaissance satellite with film return via reentry capsule.

Polar Orbit
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Thor Delta | OSO 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 7, 1962, 4:06 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.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 27, 1962, 7:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4 (Keyhole-4) was fourth version in the Corona-program to build an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | P-102 Group 0-D

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 21, 1962, 6:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite using a tube-type F1 receiver with S-band horn antennas.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 6

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 20, 1962, 2:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mercury-Atlas 6 was the third crewed spaceflight for the United States. The spacecraft, named Friendship 7, completed three orbits making John Glenn the first United States astronaut to orbit Earth. The mission lasted for 4 hours, 55 minutes & 23seconds.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta | Tiros 4

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 8, 1962, 12:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Atlas Agena B | Ranger 3

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 26, 1962, 8:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ranger 3 was a spacecraft designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface during the last 10 minutes prior to impacting the Moon. A malfunction in the booster guidance system resulted in excessive spacecraft speed. Ranger 3 missed the Moon by 36,800 km and is now in a heliocentric orbit.

Heliocentric N/A
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | 5 Payloads Rideshare

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1962, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Rideshare launch carrying LOFTI 2, SECOR, Poppy 1, Injun 2 and Surcal 1.

Low Earth Orbit
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