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Titan II GLV | Gemini X

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Cape 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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