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Soyuz | Soyuz 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 25, 1968, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 23, 1968, 4:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DSAP-4B (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 4B) was the sixth version of the military meteorological satellites of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 20, 1968, 4:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-2A | I2M 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 19, 1968, 4:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The I2M satellites were maneuverable target satellites for the I2P coorbital ASAT satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Saturn IB | Apollo 7

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Oct. 11, 1968, 3:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele, and Lunar Module Pilot R. Walter Cunningham. Their mission was Apollo's 'C' mission, an 11-day Earth-orbital test flight to check out the redesigned Block II Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) with a crew on board.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2 66

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 11, 1968, 12:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 49

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 7, 1968, 12:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Strawman 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 5, 1968, 11:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Strawman series of ELINT/SIGINT satellites, known for decades only as "Heavy Ferrets", are the fourth variation of Agena-based ELINT satellites. These satellites were designed to detect, map and investigate SAM and ABM radars.

Low Earth Orbit
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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 10

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 5, 1968, 12:32 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes.

Elliptical Orbit
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Scout B | ESRO 1A (Aurorae)

Vought | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 3, 1968, 8:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ESRO-1A / Aurorae (European Space Research Organisation) was a 80 kg, cylindrically shaped, solar-cell-powered spacecraft instrumented with seven scientific experiments chosen to measure a comprehensive range of auroral effects.

Elliptical Orbit
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