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Thor Delta E1 | Pioneer 7
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 17, 1966, 3:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Pioneer A to E (Pioneer 6 to 9 after launch) were a series of five solar-orbiting, spin-stabilized, solar-cell and battery-powered satellites designed to obtain measurements of interplanetary phenomena from widely separated points in space on a continuing basis.
Heliocentric N/AAtlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 31
Convair | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 16, 1966, 6:30 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 OrbitAtlas SLV-3 Agena D | Lunar Orbiter I
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 10, 1966, 7:26 p.m.
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D | KH-4A 35
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 9, 1966, 8:46 p.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-4 21
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 8, 1966, 11:29 a.m.
Scout B | OV3-3
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 4, 1966, 10:45 a.m.
Titan IIIB | KH-8 1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 29, 1966, 6:30 p.m.
Voskhod | Zenit-4 20
Soviet Space Program | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 28, 1966, 10:50 a.m.
Soyuz 11A510 | US-AO 2
Energia | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 20, 1966, 8:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
US-A (Upravlenniye Sputnik Aktivny) were active radar satellites for ocean surveillance. The high power consumtion of the active radar required a nuclear reactor as power source. The satellites were known as RORSAT in the west. The US-AO series consisted of satellites, which tested all the system components but the nuclear reactor. They were battery powered.
Low Earth Orbit
Titan II GLV | Gemini X
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 18, 1966, 10:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Gemini 10 was the eighth crewed mission of the NASA's Project Gemini. It was commanded by Command Pilot John W. Young and Pilot Michael Collins. Gemini 10 achieved the objectives planned for the last two missions - rendezvous and docking with Agena target vehicle, and EVA. The mission started on July 18, 1966, 22:20:26 UTC and ended on July 21, 1966, 21:07:05 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
