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Molniya-M | Luna-13

Russian Space Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 21, 1966, 10:17 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar probe designed to perform a sanft landing on the Moon surface

Lunar Impactor
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Lambda 4S | Ohsumi 2

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Japan
Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Dec. 20, 1966, 2:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ohsumi was a series of five small satellites built to become the first Japanese satellite on orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 44

RKK Energiya | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 19, 1966, noon
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta G | Biosat 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 14, 1966, 7:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The objectives of the Biosatellite, a.k.a. Biosat, Bios (Biological Satellite), were to determine the biological effects of the space environment upon daily rhythms of living organisms and to obtain and analyze available data on the performance in orbit of life support, altitude control, and other spacecraft systems, including instrumentation for recording biological data.

Low Earth Orbit
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Titan IIIB | KH-8 3

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 14, 1966, 6:14 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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Soyuz | Soyuz 7K-OK No.1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 14, 1966, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

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

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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U2-MP 1

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Dec. 12, 1966, 8:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The DS-U3-S satellites were Soviet scientific satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program. They investigated micrometeoroids and particles of dust in space.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas D | OV1-9 & 10

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 11, 1966, 9:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The OV1 (Orbiting Vehicle 1) were small research satellite to be launched piggy back on Atlas ICBM test flights. They consisted in general of the OV1 satellite and the OV1-PM propulsion module (or upper stage) to reach orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | ATS 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dec. 7, 1966, 2:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ATS 1 (Applications Technology Satellite) was designed and launched for the purpose of testing new concepts in spacecraft design, propulsion, and stabilization, collecting high-quality cloudcover pictures and relaying processed meteorological data via an earth-synchronous satellite, providing in situ measurements of the aerospace environment, and testing improved communication systems.

Geosynchronous Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 35

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 5, 1966, 9:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Program 206 satellite, carrying the KH-7 (Keyhole 7) camera system (codenamed Gambit-1), was the first successful high resolution space reconnaissance program. It was managed by NRO's Program A, the USAF-led segment of the National Reconnaissance Program managed from Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, California.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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