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Atlas Agena D | Vela 3A & 3B

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 20, 1965, 8:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Vela (meaning "watchman" in Spanish) series of spacecraft were designed to monitor worldwide compliance with the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty.

Elliptical Orbit
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 22

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 19, 1965, 10:01 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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Molniya 8K78 | Zond-3

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 18, 1965, 2:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar flyby probe

Lunar flyby
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Thor SLV-2A Agena D | P-770 Group 3-A 1

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 17, 1965, 5:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ELINT/SIGINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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UR-500 | Proton 1

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 16, 1965, 11:16 a.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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Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 15 to 19

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 16, 1965, 3:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Strela-1 satellites were prototype store-dump communications satellites for tactical communication.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vostok 8A92 | Zenit-2 29

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 13, 1965, 11 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Zenit-2 film-return and ELINT reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 20

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 12, 1965, 7 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
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-A1 7

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
July 2, 1965, 6:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DS-A1 satellite designed to test techniques and equipment for communication and navigation systems.

Low Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta C | Tiros 10

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 2, 1965, 4:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

NASA's TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) program was the first experimental weathersatellite program.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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