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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Strawman 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 31, 1969, 10:19 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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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-5

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 26, 1969, 2:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.

Geostationary Orbit
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Thorad SLV-2H Agena D | KH-4B 7

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 24, 1969, 1:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4B (Keyhole-4B) was sixth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 23

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 23, 1969, 9 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The DS-P1-Yu series of satellites was used to calibrate space surveillance and early warning radars.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Burner 2 | DSAP-4B F3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 23, 1969, 4:39 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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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 12

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 22, 1969, 12:55 p.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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Voskhod | Zenit-2 76

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 22, 1969, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Apollo LM | Apollo 11

Northrop Grumman Space Systems | United States of America
Mare Tranquillitatis, Moon
July 21, 1969, 5:54 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Return flight of Apollo 11 from the Moon.

Lunar Orbit
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Saturn V | Apollo 11

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 16, 1969, 1:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Apollo 11 was commanded by Neil Armstrong , Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" E. Aldrin. The Mission was to complete the goal that President John F. Kennedy set on May 25, 1961 to land a man on the moon and return the crew back to Earth. On July 20,1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed there Lunar Module on the sea of tranquility this marked the first time a human has set foot upon another celestial body.

Lunar Orbit
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Proton | Luna-15

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 13, 1969, 2:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar lander and sample return probe

Lunar Orbit
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