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Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 12,13,14

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 15, 1965, 11 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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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 16

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 12, 1965, 7:20 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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Molniya 8K78 | Luna-5c

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 12, 1965, 9:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ye-6 series probe designed to land on the Moon. Failed to leave Earth orbit due to a failure of the power supply in the control system.

Lunar Orbit
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Thor DM-21 Ablestar | Transit-O 3

United States Air Force | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 11, 1965, 1:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Transit-O series of satellites that closely followed the design of Transit 5C-1 were also called “Oscars” (Oscar is the phonetic alphabet for “O”, i. e., operational). They were also called NNS (Navy Navigation Satellite) or shortened NavSat.

Polar Orbit
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Thor SLV-2 Agena D | Poppy 6A,B,C,D

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 9, 1965, 6:29 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Poppy was the follow-on ELINT system, which succeeded the Grab ELINT satellite system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Voskhod | Zenit-4 5

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 7, 1965, 8:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Zenit-4 film-return reconnaissance satellite.

Low Earth Orbit
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Atlas Centaur | Surveyor-SD 1

Convair | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 2, 1965, 1:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Surveyor-SD was a series of two simulated Surveyor-payloads launched during the development of the Atlas Centaur launch vehicle.

Elliptical Orbit
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Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-1 2

RKK Energiya | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 26, 1965, 5:01 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 | KH-4A 17

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 25, 1965, 9:44 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The KH-4A (Keyhole-4A) was the fifth optical reconnaissance satellite version in the Corona-program.

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Voskhod | Voskhod-3KD 1

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 22, 1965, 7:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Uncrewed test flight of the Voskhod capsule with an airlock.

Low Earth Orbit
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