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Blue Scout II | Mercury-Scout 1

Vought | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Nov. 1, 1961, 3:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Mercury-Scout 1, or MS-1, was a United States spacecraft intended to test tracking stations for Project Mercury flights. The launch of Mercury-Scout 1 on November 1, 1961 was unsuccessful, and the satellite failed to achieve orbit.

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

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Oct. 27, 1961, 4:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

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Saturn I | Saturn SA-1

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 27, 1961, 3:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First test flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle and first mission of the Apollo program.

Suborbital
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 33

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 23, 1961, 7:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Atlas LV-3A | MIDAS 4 & Westford-1

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 21, 1961, 1:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Scout X-1 | P-21

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA
Oct. 19, 1961, 5:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A flight carrying plasma and aeronomy research payloads on a suborbital trajectory

Suborbital
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 32

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 13, 1961, 7:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 31

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 17, 1961, 9 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 4

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 13, 1961, 2:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mercury-Atlas 4 was an uncrewed suborbital test flight of the Mercury program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 30

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 12, 1961, 7:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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