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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 51

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 2, 1969, 1:46 a.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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Voskhod | Zenit-4M 3

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 23, 1969, 9:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.

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Titan IIIB | KH-8 21

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 15, 1969, 5:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KH-8 or Gambit-3 was the second generation of Gambit high resolution reconnaissance satellites.

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 56

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 15, 1969, 8:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | Nimbus 3

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 14, 1969, 7:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Identical payload to the Nimbus-B meteorological R&D satellite which was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system less than a year before. It was designed to serve as a stabilized, earth-oriented platform for the testing of advanced systems for sensing and collecting meteorological data. It was lost due to a malfunction in the booster guidance system.

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Atlas SLV-3A Agena D | Canyon 2

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 13, 1969, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Canyon was the first series of NRO's near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO's Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT).

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Molniya-M | Molniya-1 11

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 11, 1969, 2:30 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.

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Voskhod | Zenit-2 73

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 9, 1969, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-P1-Yu 20

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 4, 1969, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 55

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 4, 1969, 10:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

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