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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 19, 1968, 12:09 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-2G Agena D | KH-4A 48

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 18, 1968, 9:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 48

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 16, 1968, 12:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Proton / UR-500 K/D | Zond 5

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 14, 1968, 9:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-2 65

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 14, 1968, 6:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIB | KH-8 16

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 10, 1968, 6:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 47

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 5, 1968, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Soyuz | Kosmos 238

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 28, 1968, 10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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

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Voskhod | Zenit-4 46

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 27, 1968, 12:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos 11K65 | Strela-2 5

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 27, 1968, 11:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Strela-2 satellites were prototypes of the second component of the Strela store-dump communication system. It consisted of larger single satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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