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Kosmos 65S3 | Strela-1 9,10,11

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 21, 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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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 6

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Feb. 20, 1965, 6:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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

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Atlas Agena B | Ranger 8

United States Air Force | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 17, 1965, 5:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Lunar impactor which successfully reached the surface after transmitting 7,137 photographs.

Lunar Impactor
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Saturn I | Pegasus 1

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 16, 1965, 2:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The mission of the Pegasus spacecraft was to measure meteoroid abundances in the region near the earth.

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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-P1-Yu 2

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1965, noon
Status: Launch Failure
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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Titan IIIA | LES 1

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 11, 1965, 3:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental communications satellite featuring a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Thor Delta C | OSO 2

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 3, 1965, 4:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

OSO (Orbital Solar Observatory) satellite. Its purpose was to return data on the ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma ray emissions of the sun and galaxy.

Low Earth Orbit
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Kosmos-2I 63S1 | DS-A1 5

Strategic Rocket Forces | Russia
Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 1965, 9:36 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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Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | KH-7 15

Convair | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 23, 1965, 8:06 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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Thor Delta C | Tiros 9

McDonnell Douglas | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Jan. 22, 1965, 7:52 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The ESSA series was the second generation of US meterological satellites after the TIROS (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) series. They were also called OT (Operational TIROS), TOS (TIROS Operational Satellite).

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