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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | GATV 10

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 18, 1966, 8:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The GATV (Gemini Agena Target Vehicle) was designed to be launched into Earth orbit prior to a Gemini mission and used for rendezvous and docking practice.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-2 40

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 14, 1966, 10:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas D | OV1-7

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 14, 1966, 2:10 a.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 | KH-7 30

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 12, 1966, 5:55 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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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1-Yu 6

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
July 8, 1966, 5:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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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UR-500 | Proton 3

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 6, 1966, 12:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The N-4 series of satellites, a.k.a. Proton-1, carried instruments to study super-high energy cosmic particles.

Low Earth Orbit
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Saturn IB | Apollo AS-203

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 5, 1966, 2:53 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The purpose of Apollo 203 was to check out the behaviour of the fuel inside the Saturn-4B stage in weightlessness, which was crucial to allow the reignition of the stage.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta E1 | Explorer 33

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 1, 1966, 4:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite instrumented for studies of interplanetary plasma, energetic charged particles, magnetic fields, and solar X-rays at lunar distances.

Lunar Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 5

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 25, 1966, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | Pageos

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 24, 1966, 12:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The PAGEOS (Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) spacecraft was a 30.48 m inflatable sphere, and had no instrumentation on board.

Polar Orbit
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